| NOUN | body | modiolus | the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea |
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| Meaning | The central conical bony pillar of the cochlea. | |
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| Part of | cochlea | The snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti |
| Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
| Spanish | modiolo | |
| Catalan | modíol | |
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