hair cell

Meaning

Noun

Any of the sensory receptors of both the auditory system and the vestibular system in all vertebrates.

Origin

Referring to the tufts of stereocilia that protrude from the apical surface of the cell, a structure known as the hair bundle, into the scala media, a fluid-filled tube within the cochlea.

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