| Auditory
System: Hair Cells |
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| • | Force
towards kinocilium opens |
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& K+, Ca2+ enter, |
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| depolarizing
cell by 10s of mV. |
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| Force
away shuts channels. |
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| • | Tip
links (em): believed to |
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transduction channels |
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channels on hairs) |
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| PNS Fig 31-2,
31-3 |