Cochlea of the inner ear
- Dr David Furness
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A scanning electron micrograph of the inside of
a guinea pig inner ear showing the hearing organ,
or cochlea. Running along the spiral structure are
rows of sensory cells which respond to different
frequencies of sound. The whole organ is just a
few millimeters long. Biomedical Image Awards 1997.