auditory hair

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auditory hair

Any of the cilia on the free surface of the auditory cells.

auditory hair

Etymology: L, audire, to hear; AS, haer

one of the cells with hairlike processes in the spiral organ of Corti. The hairs, or cilia, function as sensory receptors. Also called acoustic hair cell, cell of Corti.

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