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DictionarySeehair cellinner hair cell
inner hair cellsensory cells in the organ of Corti in synaptic contact with sensory as well as efferent fibers of the auditory nerve; there is a single row of flask-shaped inner hair cells tightly surrounded by supporting interphalangeal cells; the apical end of each cell is anchored to the cuticular plate and about 100 stereocilia arranged in a more or less linear (or shallow) "U" pattern extend from the cell's surface through the cuticular plate into the endolymphic space inferior to the tectorial membrane. See also: cochlear hair cells, Corti cells. |