Mechanism Helps Explain the Ear's Exquisite Sensitivity (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mechanism Helps Explain the Ear's Exquisite Sensitivity

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This image, taken through an optical microscope, shows a cross-section of the tectorial membrane, a gelatinous structure that lies atop the tiny hairs that line the inner ear.

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Jonathan Sellon, MIT micromechanics group

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