stereocilium

(noun)

any of many nonmotile cellular structures resembling long microvilli; those of the inner ear are responsible for auditory transduction

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Examples of stereocilium in the following topics:

  • The Vestibular System

    • The roughly 30,000 hair cells in the utricle and 16,000 hair cells in the saccule lie below a gelatinous layer, with their stereocilia (singular: stereocilium) projecting into the gelatin.