Inner Hair Cell of the Organ of the Corti

Preferred Label : Inner Hair Cell of the Organ of the Corti;

NCIt synonyms : Inner Hair Cell of Organ of Corti;

NCIt definition : A cell situated on the inner most layer of the basilar membrane of the cochlea. Each cell has multiple, sensitive strands called stereocilia. In the resting state the stereocilia are leaning on each other in a conical bundle and touch the tectorial membrane. When the cochlea moves in response to sound, a slight shearing force occurs between the basilar and tectorial membranes, the stereocilia bend and send electrical impulses to the brain via the eighth cranial nerve.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL448586;

Details

Origin ID

C32805;

UMLS CUI

C0018497;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Membranous Labyrinth [NCIt concept]
- Nerve Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Nerve Tissue, Neuroepithelial Tissue, and Nerve Sheaths [NCIt concept]
- Organ of Corti [NCIt concept]
- Sensory-Somatic Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cochlear inner hair cell [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cochlear inner hair cell [FMA entity]
- Inner hair cell (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- hair cells, auditory, inner [MeSH concept]
- hair cells, auditory, inner [MeSH Descriptor]
- inner hair cell [SNOMED Notion]

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