Hair Cells, Auditory

Auditory Hair Cells
Cochlear Hair Cells
Auditory Hair Cell
Cell, Cochlear Hair
Cells, Cochlear Hair
Cochlear Hair Cell
Hair Cell, Auditory
Hair Cell, Cochlear
Hair Cells, Cochlear

Sensory cells in the organ of Corti, characterized by their apical stereocilia (hair-like projections). The inner and outer hair cells, as defined by their proximity to the core of spongy bone (the modiolus), change morphologically along the COCHLEA. Towards the cochlear apex, the length of hair cell bodies and their apical STEREOCILIA increase, allowing differential responses to various frequencies of sound.
2008 (1977)