ALFONSO COTRI - BIOGRAPHY , ANATOMIST WHO DISCOVERED ORGAN OF CORTI .

 

ALFONSO CORTI
(1822 - 1888)

ALFONSO CORTI , ITALIAN ANATOMIST , BORN IN 1822 .

CORTI BEGAN HIS SCIENTIFIC CAREER STUDYING THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM OF REPTILES . LATER , HE TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE MAMMALIAN AUDITORY SYSTEM . IN 1851 , HE PUBLISHED A PAPER DESCRIBING A STRUCTURE LOCATED ON THE BASILAR MEMBRANE OF THE COCHLEA CONTAINING HAIR CELLS THAT CONVERT SOUND VIBRATIONS INTO NERVE IMPULSES , THE ORGAN OF CORTI . HE DIED IN THE YEAR 1888 .