cochlear inner hair cell morphology trait cochlear inner hair cell efferent nerve fiber organization trait Trait.ontology Any measurable or observable characteristic related to the systematic arrangement of nerve fibers to the normally dense plexus of efferent terminals that contact radial fibers of the spiral ganglion below cochlear IHCs or of the sparser plexus of terminals positioned around IHC somata; normally, lateral olivocochlear neurons, which are found in and/or around the lateral superior olive, project mainly to the ipsilateral cochlea and terminate mostly on dendritic fibers below IHCs. VT:0010157 2012-02-01T03:57:51Z caripark