hair cell

collocation in English

meaningsofhairandcell

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hair
noun[C or U]
uk
/heər/us
/her/
the mass of thin thread-like structures on the head of a person, or any of these structures that grow out of the skin of a person ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofhairandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We know a lot about the early auditory processing from outer ear tohaircell.
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A portion of the transmitters (factor r) returns from the synaptic cleft into the presynaptichaircell.
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The major properties of thehaircellin the inner ear are temporal coding and adaptation behaviour.
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Did you know that ahaircelldoesn't sport a hair at all?
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Knowledge about music processing in the auditory pathway subsequent to thehaircell, especially in the cortex, is poor.
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Due to varying stiffness of the basilar membrane and the stiffness, size and electrical resonance of thehaircell, different places on the basilar membrane are tuned to different frequencies.
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During movement of the body, thehaircellis depolarized when the sterocilia move toward the kinocilium.
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Thus, an increase in firing rate of the auditory neurons connected to thehaircelloccurs.
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There are far fewer inner hair cells in the cochlea than afferent nerve fibers many auditory nerve fibers innervate eachhaircell.
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A recent study has shown that the use of particular drugs may reactivate genes normally expressed only duringhaircelldevelopment.
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Everyhaircellin these sensory beds consist of 40-70 stereocilia and a kinocilium.
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Most sensory hearing loss is due to poorhaircellfunction.
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Prestin densely lines the lipid bilayer of the outerhaircellmembranes.
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A single innerhaircellis innervated by numerous nerve fibers, whereas a single nerve fiber innervates many outer hair cells.
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These channels are cation-selective transduction channels that allow potassium and calcium ions to enter thehaircellfrom the endolymph that bathes its apical end.
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A stereocilium is able to bend at its point of attachment to the apical surface of thehaircell.
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Thus, a decrease in firing rate of the auditory neurons connected to thehaircelloccurs.
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Eachhaircellof the macula contains 40 to 70 stereocilia and one true cilia, called a kinocilium.
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