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sensory hair cell

Term ID
CL:0000855
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.
References
  • BTO:0004744
Ontology
Cell Ontology
Relationships
is a type of
has subtype
inverse disjoint_from