The Hearing Machinery of the Inner Ear (IMAGE)

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The Hearing Machinery of the Inner Ear

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Within the hair bundle, the sensory antenna of auditory sensory cells, the tip-link is a bridge-like structure that when stretched can activate the ion channel responsible for generating electrical signals from sound.

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