<prompt> Modiolus is directedAnterolateral-inferiorAnterolateral-superiorPosteromedial-inferiorPosteromedial-superior  <response>: The bony cochlea resembles the shell of a common snail. It forms the anterior pa of the labyrinth. It has a conical central axis known as the modiolus around which the cochlear canal makes two and three quaer turns. The modiolus is directed forwards anteriorly and laterally. 