Give one word for the following:
It allows the transduction of auditory signals into nreve impulses.

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Solution

The organ of Corti:
It is the receptor organ which helps in hearing and is located in the mammalian cochlea.
It has a highly varied strip of epithelial cells that allows for the transduction of auditory signals into nerve impulses' action potential.

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