National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Cochlear Hair Cell

Synonyms

Cochlear Hair Cell

Corti Cell

Definitions

A type of sensory epithelial cell, located in the inner ear, that use hair-like projections called stereocilia to detect sound waves and transform them into neural signals that can be interpreted by the brain.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12629

code

C12629

DEFINITION

A type of sensory epithelial cell, located in the inner ear, that use hair-like projections called stereocilia to detect sound waves and transform them into neural signals that can be interpreted by the brain.

Display_Name

Hair Cell

FULL_SYN

Cochlear Hair Cell

Corti Cell

label

Cochlear Hair Cell

Legacy Concept Name

Hair_Cell

Preferred_Name

Cochlear Hair Cell

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C12629

Semantic_Type

Cell

UMLS_CUI

C0018496

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33063

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12628

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