hair cells, vestibular

Preferred Label : hair cells, vestibular;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : hair cell, vestibular; vestibular hair cell; vestibular hair cells;

Details

Origin ID

D018069;

UMLS CUI

C0206511;

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Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Vestibular sensory cell [FMA entity]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Vestibular Hair Cell [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- hair cells, vestibular [MeSH concept]
See also
- stereocilia [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Vestibular Hair Cell [NCIt concept]
- Vestibular sensory cell [FMA entity]

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