DESCRIPTION
Human ear, left: cross-section of the organ of Corti; right: cross-section of the cochlea with the organ of Corti (e). The organ of Corti is the sensitive element in the inner ear and can be thought of as the body's microphone. Wood engraving from the book 'Bau, Leben und Pflege des menschlichen Körpers (Texture, life and care of the human body)' by Carl Ernst Bock and Max Zimmermann. Published by Ernst Keil's successor, Leipzig, in 1884.