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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ORGAN OF CORTI

Named after Alfonso Corti (died 1876), Italian anatomist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ORGAN OF CORTI

organ of Corti  [ˈkɔːtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORGAN OF CORTI

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Organ of Corti is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ORGAN OF CORTI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Organ of Corti

The organ of Corti, found only in mammals, is part of the cochlea of the inner ear and is provided with hair cells or auditory sensory cells. It evolved from the basilar papilla found in all tetrapods, except for a few derived species that have lost it. The organ was named after the Italian anatomist Marquis Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti, who conducted microscopic research of the mammalian auditory system.

Definition of organ of Corti in the English dictionary

The definition of organ of Corti in the dictionary is the sense organ of the cochlea by which sounds are converted into nerve impulses.

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Synonyms and antonyms of organ of Corti in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «organ of Corti» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORGAN OF CORTI

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Translator English - Chinese

柯替器官
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

órgano de Corti
570 millions of speakers

English

organ of Corti
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Corti के अंग
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جهاز كورتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

орган Корти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

órgão de Corti
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোর্টের অঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

organe de Corti
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Organ Corti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Corti-Organ
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コルチ器官
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코르티 기관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Organ Corti
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cơ quan của Corti
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கோர்ட்டின் உறுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोर्तीचे अवयव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Corti organı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

organo del Corti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

narząd Cortiego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

орган Корті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

organul lui Corti
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

όργανο του Corti
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

orgaan van Corti
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Cortis organ
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

organ Corti
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORGAN OF CORTI»

Discover the use of organ of Corti in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to organ of Corti and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Human Microscopic Anatomy: An Atlas for Students of Medicine ...
The organ of Corti is the organ containing the special auditory receptors. It has the form of an epithelial ridge of highly specialized cells situated on the basilar membrane (BM) of the cochlear duct (CD). The organ of Corti is shown in a cutaway ...
Radivoj V. Krstic, 1991
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Handbook of Mouse Auditory Research: From Behavior to ...
INTRODUCTION The mammalian organ of Corti is one of the most remarkable structures in all of the vertebrates. Our perception of the full spectrum of sounds — from simple tones through highly complex components of speech and music ...
James F. Willott, 2001
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Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas
Organ of Corti (illustrations opposite) (a) H & E ×480 (b) Schematic diagram Fig. 21.25 The organ of Corti is a highly specialised epithelial structure containing receptor cells which convert (transduce) mechanical energy in the form of vibrations ...
Barbara Young (Ph. D.), 2006
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An Atlas of Histology
The organ of Corti is an epithelial auditory receptor composed of supporting and hair cells, resting on the basilar membrane of the cochlear duct. Two rows of pillar cells, the inner and outer pillar cells, form a triangular canal, the inner tunnel, ...
Shu-Xin Zhang, 1999
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Essentials of Audiology
Stanley A. Gelfand. Scala Tympani (Perilymph} Fig. 2.26 Cross-sectional view of the cochlear duct em- neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of the cochlea. The phasizing the organ of Corti in the scala media. (Reprinted journal of the ...
Stanley A. Gelfand, 2011
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Laboratory Manual for Anatomy and Physiology
Microscopic Anatomy of the Cochlea and the Spiral Organ of Corti The cochlea is a spiral cavity that resembles the space within a snail shell. The cochlea makes 3 turns around a bony core. A section through the cochlea shows 3 channels: ...
Connie Allen, Valerie Harper, 2011
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Fundamentals of Physiology: A Human Perspective
The organ of Corti, which rests on top of the basilar membrane throughout its full length, contains hair cells that are the re- ceptors for sound. (○ Figure 6-28c). Hair cells generate neural signals when their surface hairs are mechanically ...
Lauralee Sherwood, 2005
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Neuroscience:
The Organ of Corti and Associated Structures. Everything we have discussed to this point involves the mechanical transformations of sound energy that occur in the middle and inner ear. Now we come to the point in the system where neurons  ...
Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso, 2007
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Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
... Jacob Ballenger. Figure 7 Diagram illustrating the anatomy of a mature membranous labyrinth and its sensory organs. (Reproduced with permission from reference 26.) Devloping organ of Corti Figure 8 Diagram showing development of ...
James Byron Snow, Phillip A. Wackym, John Jacob Ballenger, 2009
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Hearing
In Panel c, there is a complete collapse of the organ of Corti with the absence of hair cells, distortion of the accessory structures, and a reduction in the number of nerve fibers. This section of the organ of Corti is almost certainly without auditory  ...
Edward Carterette, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORGAN OF CORTI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term organ of Corti is used in the context of the following news items.
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Argon blocks the expression of locomotor sensitization to …
Argon protects hypoxia-, cisplatin- and gentamycin-exposed hair cells in the newborn rat's organ of Corti. Hear Res 2005; 201: 1–9. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Non-syndromic hearing loss caused by the dominant cis mutation …
It is thought to have a significant role in K+ homeostasis and intracellular signaling within the organ of Corti. The genetic counseling in deaf ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Gene discoveries may lead to regeneration of cells needed for hearing
Specialized cochlear cells in a region called the organ of Corti use hairlike sensors to detect the vibrations in cochlear fluid and then trigger ... «Stanford Medical Center Report, Jun 15»
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Frequent earbud headphone use increases risk for 'hidden hearing …
The organ of Corti, inside the cochlea, transforms the physical motion of the hair cells into electronic pulses for the brain. It's here the discovery ... «New York Daily News, May 15»
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My hearing is shot. And I'm hoping that chickens will help me.
Normal Organ of Corti with one row of inner and three rows of outer hair cells. Inset: Organ of Corti in deafness lacks hair cells, but the hearing ... «Backchannel, Jan 15»
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Observing cochlear function
The organ of Corti is the area between the tectorial membrane (TM) and basilar membrane (BM). The cochlear turn highlighted by the white box ... «SPIE Newsroom, Jun 14»
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Noise-induced 'hidden hearing loss' mechanism discovered
"The organ of Corti contains two types of sensory cells: outer and inner hair cells," explained Charles Liberman, director of MEEI's Eaton ... «Medical Xpress, May 14»
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Scientists: Gene therapy may help the deaf regain natural hearing …
The sound waves make their way to the cochlea and the organ of Corti. The outer hair cells amplify the sounds, while the inner hair cells send ... «The Malay Mail Online, Apr 14»
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Scientists think injecting gene-carrying viruses could be 'holy grail …
Once inside the cochlea — in an area known as the organ of Corti — the tiny hair cells that function as sensory receptors trigger electrical ... «Raw Story, Apr 14»
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What will our cities sound like in the future?
Getting clever with sounds that are already there is something Francis Crow and David Prior did with Organ of Corti – a sculpture designed to ... «The Guardian, Mar 14»

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