Life Size Cochlea

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Made this by simply taking the original model, and subdividing it in blender to make it smoother, then scaling it down to 15%. I did not make the original model. I based the scale of the cochlea based off this research to get an approximately life sized cochlea. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6449142/#:~:text=Results%20The%20average%20cochlear%20length,at%20the%20half%20turn%20of This may be useful for counseling patients on the size of the cochlea, educating patients on how cochlear implant surgeries are performed, educating students, or looking snazzy next to your other audiological memorabilia. *I have included a supported version as well. I am not the most skilled supporter, but I have mostly had success with those supports and minimal clean up. I need to stress this is NOT intended to be printed with FDM printers. SLA printers are a need to make something this small. When printing, I tried both a 0.05 and 0.03 layer height, and found no noticeable differences between, so you are safe saving time and printing at 0.05.