The Hearing Organ of the Inner Ear (IMAGE)

University of Southern California - Health Sciences

The Hearing Organ of the Inner Ear

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The organ of Corti, the hearing organ of the inner ear, is made up of a single row of inner hair cells and three rows of outer hair cells (green), surrounded by supporting cells (purple).

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Yassan Abdolazimi and Neil Segil

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