Anatomy

Vestibular Hair Cells

Sensory cells in the acoustic maculae with their apical STEREOCILIA embedded in a gelatinous OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE. These hair cells are stimulated by the movement of otolithic membrane, and impulses are transmitted via the VESTIBULAR NERVE to the BRAIN STEM. Hair cells in the saccule and those in the utricle sense linear acceleration in vertical and horizontal directions, respectively.

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Sensory cells in the acoustic maculae with their apical STEREOCILIA embedded in a gelatinous OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE. These hair cells are stimulated by the movement of otolithic membrane, and impulses are transmitted via the VESTIBULAR NERVE to the BRAIN STEM. Hair cells in the saccule and those in the utricle sense linear acceleration in vertical and horizontal directions, respectively.

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  • Hair Cells, Vestibular
  • Hair Cell, Vestibular
  • Vestibular Hair Cell

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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  • Hair Cells (1980-1993)
  • Mechanoreceptors (1977-1979)

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  1. A08w.675w.650w.395
  2. A08w.675w.650w.915w.750w.600w.675
  3. A08w.800w.950w.750w.600w.675
  4. A09w.246w.300w.909w.625.125.340
  5. A09w.923w.500w.625.125.340
  6. A11w.671w.650w.395
  7. A11w.671w.650w.915w.750w.600w.675

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Vestibular Hair Cells. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018069. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018069
  2. Vestibular Hair Cells. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29654328