Term Name: sensory hair cell
Synonyms: hair cell
Definition: Hair cell is a mechanoreceptor cell that is sensitive to movement of the hair-like projections (stereocilia and kinocilia) which relay the information centrally in the nervous system.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000855]

Relationships
is a type of: mechanoreceptor cell
has subtype: ear hair cell neuromast hair cell
inverse disjoint_from: neuromast mantle cell neuromast support cell