| MP term: | abnormal cochlear inner hair cell morphology |
| Synonym: | abnormal auditory inner hair cell morphology |
| Synonym: | abnormal cochlear IHCs |
| Synonym: | abnormal cochlear inner hair cells |
| MP id: | MP:0004393 |
| Definition: | any structural anomaly in the sensory cells of the organ of Corti which are in synaptic contact with sensory as well as efferent fibers of the auditory nerve; there is a single row of flask-shaped inner hair cells tightly surrounded by supporting interphalangeal cells; the apical end of each cell is anchored to the cuticular plate and about 100 stereocilia arranged in a more or less linear (or shallow) U-shaped pattern extend from the cell's surface through the cuticular plate into the endolymphic space inferior to the tectorial membrane |
| Number of paths to term: | 6 |
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