loading...| Preferred Name | auditory hair cell | |
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auditory receptor cell |
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| Definitions |
A mechanoreceptor cell of the auditory or vestibular system that is sensitive to auditory stimuli. 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. In mammals these cells are located in the organ of Corti. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000202 |
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In mammals these cells are located in the organ of Corti. |
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| alternative label |
auditory receptor cell |
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| definition |
A mechanoreceptor cell of the auditory or vestibular system that is sensitive to auditory stimuli. 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. In mammals these cells are located in the organ of Corti. |
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auditory receptor cell |
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| label |
auditory hair cell |
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CL:0000202 |
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| prefLabel |
auditory hair cell |
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| textual definition |
A mechanoreceptor cell of the auditory or vestibular system that is sensitive to auditory stimuli. 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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