hair cell

短语

[电] 毛细胞

词形变化

hair cells 复数 hair cells

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    In mammals, the auditory hair cells are located within the organ of Corti on a thin basilar membrane in the cochlea of the inner ear.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

epithelial cell

整体词 1

organ of Corti

词源

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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