Average Female and Male Shapes for the Cochlear Spiral Curve (IMAGE)

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Average Female and Male Shapes for the Cochlear Spiral Curve

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Average female (left) and male (right) shapes for the cochlear spiral curve, whose torsion has been coded on a coloured scale. While the two forms are oriented in the same way, the geometric differences are visible.

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C. Samir, A. Fradi, and J. Braga

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