Hair cells: sensory epithelial cells present in the spiral organ, maculae, and cristae of the membranous labyrinth of the ear; they are characterized by having long stereocilia or kinocilia (or both) which, with the light microscope, appear as fine hairs.Corti cellsvestibular hair cells, cochlear hair cells.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Hair cells: Mechanoreceptors located in the organ of Corti that are sensitive to auditory stimuli and in the vestibular apparatus that are sensitive to movement of the head. In each case the accessory sensory structures are arranged so that appropriate stimuli cause movement of the hair-like projections (stereocilia and kinocilia) which relay the information centrally in the nervous system.
Source: MeSH 2007
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