Sentences with phrase «contains sensory hair»
The researchers removed the organ of Corti, which is housed within a seashell - shaped cavity called the cochlea and contains sensory hair cells, from newborn mice and kept the cells alive in culture plates.
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The inner ear comprises the hearing organ or cochlea, together with the five balance organs (the saccule, utricle and three semicircular canals), which contain the sensory cells, or hair cells, that detect mechanical vibrations and convert them into electrical signals.
In the inner ear of vertebrates, the balance system consists of three semicircular canals that contain fluid and sensory hair cells that detect movement of the head.