auditory hair

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• auditory cells — auditory hair cells the hair cells in the organ of Corti whose cilia serve as sensory receptors for hearing. There are two types, inner hair cells and outer hair cells, having differing functions. Called also acoustic or cochlear hair c …   Medical dictionary

• Hair cell — For hair cells on the external skin, see Hair follicle. For algal hair cells , see Trichocyte (disambiguation). Neuron: Hair cell Section through the spiral organ of Corti. Magnified. ( Oute …   Wikipedia

• hair cells — neuroepithelial cells with hairlike processes (kinocilia or stereocilia or both), found in the internal ear. Those in the organ of Corti are called auditory hair cells, are connected to fibers of the cochlear nerve, and control the sense of… …   Medical dictionary

• Auditory neuropathy — is a variety of hearing loss in which the outer hair cells within the cochlea are present and functional, but sound information is not faithfully transmitted to the auditory nerve and brain properly. A neuropathy simply refers to a disease of the …   Wikipedia

• Auditory masking — occurs when the perception of one sound is affected by the presence of another sound (Gelfand 2004). The term masking is not confined to auditory perception as it can also be used in visual perception tasks.Masking can be simultaneous or non… …   Wikipedia

• auditory cell — n a hair cell of the organ of Corti …   Medical dictionary

• hair cell — n a cell with hairlike processes esp one of the sensory cells in the auditory epithelium of the organ of Corti …   Medical dictionary

• acoustic hair cells — auditory hair c s …   Medical dictionary

• cochlear hair cells — auditory hair c s …   Medical dictionary

• Auditory system — The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing. Ear Outer ear The folds of cartilage surrounding the ear canal are called the pinna. Sound waves are reflected and attenuated when they hit the pinna, and these changes provide… …   Wikipedia

• hair — 1. One of the fine, keratinized filamentous epidermal growths arising from the skin of the body of mammals except the palms, soles, and flexor surfaces of the joints; the full length and texture of h. varies markedly in different body sites. SYN …   Medical dictionary