basilar membrane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of basilar membrane
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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The hair cells are arranged on the basilar membrane in an orderly way.
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It is composed of hair cells held in place above the basilar membrane like flowers projecting up from soil, with their exposed short, hair-like stereocilia contacting or embedded in the tectorial membrane above them.
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Different regions of the basilar membrane vibrate according to the frequency of the sound wave conducted through the fluid in the cochlea.
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When sound waves produce fluid waves inside the cochlea, the basilar membrane flexes, bending the stereocilia that attach to the tectorial membrane.
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He supposes that with each movement of the stapes corresponding to a vibration, a wave travels up the scala vestibuli, pressing the basilar membrane downwards.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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