it is:
- compact
- easily accessed by nerves
- great for low frequency hearing
let's compare the cochlea in various species of mammals
"It turns out that it is the curvature of the cochlea, not its size, that is highly correlated to the low-frequency hearing limit," says Daphne Manoussaki, assistant professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University
vocab
modiolus- conical shaped central axis, contains the spiral ganglion
cochlear nuclei- two parts of the brainstem that receive signals from the cochleae