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Question
The figure below is the sectional view of a part of the skull showing a sense organ:
What do you call the part shown in the form of a spiral? What is its function?
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Solution
Cochlea. The vibrating movements in the hair of the sense cells of cochlea transmit the impulse for hearing to the brain via auditory nerve.
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