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The cochlea and vestibule, viewed from above. |- style="text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |
|- style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" | |- class="hiddenStructure" |Latin |colspan="2"|auris interna |- class="hiddenStructure" | |colspan="2"|[subject #232 ] |- class="hiddenStructure" |System |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Precursor |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |MeSH |colspan="2"|[A09.246.631] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Dorlands/Elsevier |colspan="2"|[/] |} The inner ear comprises both:
the organ of hearing (the cochlea)
and the labyrinth or vestibular apparatus, the organ of balance located in the inner ear that consists of three semicircular canals and the vestibule.
See also
Noise health effects

External links
SUNY Labs [30:05-0101]

Inner ear

Sensory system - Auditory system - [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit]
Outer ear: Pinna > Ear canal Middle ear: Eardrum | Ossicles (Malleus, Incus & Stapes) | Stapedius | Tensor tympani | Eustachian tube
Inner ear: Cochlea (Scala vestibuli, Scala media & Scala tympani) | Oval window | Helicotrema | Round window | Basilar membrane | Reissner's membrane | Organ of Corti | Hair cells | Stereocilia
Brain: Cochlear nerve^VIII → Cochlear nuclei → Superior olivary nuclei → Inferior colliculi → Medial geniculate nuclei → Primary auditory cortex

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