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Calcite crystals in the Cochlea’s Magic Ear Snail

calcite crystals in the cochlea magic ear snail

Ears hear like microphones using calcite crystals in the cochlea in the inner ear. Then, the acoustic pressure is transformed to information your brain can read out! Truly we know little about the exact structure of the cochlea, as it is extremely hard to isolate. In vivo the pressure is calibrated very precisely. There is […]

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