| 单词 | organ of corti |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorgan of Corti 1. In the genitive, attributive, and with of, esp. in organ of Corti. Designating a ridge of highly specialized epithelium within the cochlea, containing hair cells that are the receptors for sound. ΚΠ 1860 G. Buchanan Kölliker's Man. Human Microsc. Anat. 595 The ‘pedunculated cells’ of Corti are the most delicate and transient structures of the organ of Corti. 1867 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 7) II. 760 In its [sc. the cochlea's] interior, resting on the basilar membrane, is the organ of Corti. 1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 580 Here the percipient structure is either situated in, or constituted by, the epithelium of the maculæ acusticæ of the ampullæ and saccules, and by Corti's organ. 1936 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 22 668 An electrical potential, presumably generated by the hair cells of the organ of Corti. 1970 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 175 213 Corti's organ is frequently normal in the apical part where the stria is always abnormal. 1984 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 40 495 This, in turn, stimulates corresponding hair cells in the Corti organ. 1991 Lancet 2 Mar. 547/1 The report is the first to show direct endotoxin-mediated cochlear toxicity and suggests that anti-inflammatory drugs may be able to prevent damage to the organ of Corti. organ of Corti In Cortian organ, Cortian fibres, Cortian membrane, Cortian rods, parts of the internal ear; also organ of Corti, fibres of Corti, etc. ΚΠ 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1881) viii. 213 The scala media and its Cortian fibres. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1881) Index 311 Cortian membrane and fibres. < as lemmas |
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