Number of stereocilia (hair cells) in inner ear

Range 50 to 100 Stereocilia
Organism Eukaryotes
Reference Flock A, Cheung HC. Actin filaments in sensory hairs of inner ear receptor cells. J Cell Biol. 1977 Nov75(2 Pt 1):339-43. p.339 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID318131
Comments "The sensory hairs are tubular projections of the cell membrane which arise from the cell surface, 50-100 in number."
Entered by Uri M
ID 109300