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Cells > Epithelial Cells > Neuroepithelial Cells > Hair Cells, Auditory
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Neuroepithelial Cells > Hair Cells, Auditory
... > Nervous System > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Neuroepithelial Cells > Hair Cells, Auditory
... > Cells > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Chemoreceptor Cells > Neuroepithelial Cells > Hair Cells, Auditory
... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Neuroepithelial Cells > Hair Cells, Auditory
... > Nervous System > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Neuroepithelial Cells > Hair Cells, Auditory
... > Cells > Neurons > Neurons, Afferent > Sensory Receptor Cells > Mechanoreceptors > Neuroepithelial Cells > Hair Cells, Auditory
... > Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Organ of Corti > Hair Cells, Auditory
... > Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Organ of Corti > Hair Cells, Auditory

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Hair Cells, Auditory  

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  • Auditory Hair Cells
  • Cell, Cochlear Hair
  • Cells, Cochlear Hair
  • Cochlear Hair Cell
  • Cochlear Hair Cells
  • Hair Cell, Cochlear
  • Hair Cells, Cochlear

Scope note

  • Sensory cells in the organ of Corti, characterized by their apical stereocilia (hair-like projections). The inner and outer hair cells, as defined by their proximity to the core of spongy bone (the modiolus), change morphologically along the COCHLEA. Towards the cochlear apex, the length of hair cell bodies and their apical STEREOCILIA increase, allowing differential responses to various frequencies of sound.

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  • 2008 (1977)

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