It spirals out from the saccule (one of the balance organs). There are two and a half turns in the human cochlea and if you were to unwind the cochlea it would stretch to nearly an inch in length. By ...

By applying existing mathematical models to a generic mock-up of a cochlea—a spiral-shaped organ in the inner ear—the ...

By applying existing mathematical models to a generic mock-up of a cochlea -- a spiral-shaped organ in the inner ear -- the researchers revealed a new layer of cochlear complexity.