"The organ was discovered in 1851 by Italian anatomist Alfonso Giamoco Gaspare Corti (1822-1876) 2."
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"Function"
"Etymology"
"This is a gross oversimplification of the complex mechanisms that occur in the organ of Corti. Transduction of signals occur either through the vibration of structures in the inner ear (air conduction) or through vibration of the skull (bone conduction), causing displacement of cochlear fluid (endolymph) and movement of hair cells in the organ of Corti, which in turn produces electrochemical signals that release the neurotransmitter glutamate and then signals the auditory (cochlear) nerve 1."