organ of corti

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   the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves

   Broaderorgan of hearing

   Part ofcochlea

   Partshair cell

Questions about organ of corti

What does organ of corti mean?

organ of corti means "the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves".

Is organ of corti a common word?

organ of corti is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.