Hensen cell

Hen·sen cell

(hen'sĕn), one of the supporting cells in the organ of Corti, immediately to the outer side of the outer phalangeal cells.

Hen·sen cell

(hen'sĕn sel) One of the supporting cells in the organ of Corti, immediately to the outer side of the cells of Deiters.

Hensen cell

Any of the tall columnar cells that form the outer border cells of the organ of Corti of the cochlea.See also: Hensen, Christian Andreas Victor

Hensen,

Victor, German anatomist and physiologist, 1835-1924. Hensen canal - a short membranous tube passing from the lower end of a saccule to the cochlear duct of the membranous labyrinth. Synonym(s): Hensen duct; uniting ductHensen cell - one of the supporting cells in the organ of Corti.Hensen disk - Synonym(s): Hensen lineHensen duct - Synonym(s): Hensen canalHensen knot - a local thickening of the blastoderm at the cephalic end of the primitive streak of the embryo. Synonym(s): Hensen node; primitive nodeHensen line - the paler area in the center of the A band of a striated muscle fiber, comprising the central portion of thick filaments that are not overlapped by thin filaments. Synonym(s): H band; Hensen diskHensen node - Synonym(s): Hensen knotHensen stripe - a band on the undersurface of the membrana tectoria of the cochlear duct.