has part has part characteristic of part of inheres in part of has modifier Abnormal cochlea morphology Abnormality of cochlea HP:0000375 UMLS:C4025858 An abnormality of the cochlea. The cochlea is an inner ear structure comprised of a snail-shell like structure divided into three fluid-filled parts. Two are canals for the transmission of pressure and in the third is the organ of Corti, which detects pressure impulses and responds with electrical impulses which travel along the auditory nerve to the brain. Abnormal inner ear morphology morphology abnormal cochlea