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Cochlea vs Concha - What's the difference?

cochlea | concha |

In anatomy terms the difference between cochlea and concha

is that cochlea is the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses while concha is the deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone.

cochlea

English

(wikipedia cochlea)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.

    • Derived terms

    * cochlear

    concha

    English

    Noun

  • Any shell-shaped structure.
  • (anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone.
  • (architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.
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