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Hair Cells

Hair Cells Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Hair Cells Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Hair Cells?

Mechanoreceptors located in the organ of Corti that are sensitive to auditory stimuli and in the vestibular apparatus that are sensitive to movement of the head. In each case the accessory sensory structures are arranged so that appropriate stimuli cause movement of the hair-like projections (stereocilia and kinocilia) which relay the information centrally in the nervous system.

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