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What is Modiolus is directed and explain in detail?
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.