cochlear ganglion

Term ID

UBERON:0000395

Synonyms

• cochlear part of vestibulocochlear ganglion
• Corti's ganglion
• ganglion cochlearis
• ganglion of Corti
• ganglion spirale
• ganglion spirale cochleae
• spiral ganglion
• spiral ganglion of cochlea
• vestibulocochlear ganglion cochlear component
• vestibulocochlear VIII ganglion cochlear component

Definition

The group of nerve cell bodies that conveys auditory sensation from the organ of Corti to the hindbrain and resides on the cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve (eighth cranial nerve)[MP]. distributed to the hair cells of the spiral organ. The cochlear fibers arise in bipolar cells in the spiral ganglion in the modiolus. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_8/chapter_44.html

References

• BAMS:GcVIII
• BTO:0001688
• EHDAA2:0002198
• EMAPA:17572
• GAID:722
• MA:0001085
• MESH:D013136
• Spiral:ganglion
• VHOG:0001183
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1405
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/368955007

Ontology

Cell Ontology