is found in the scala media of the cochlea and overlies the hair cells of the organ of Corti
this thin strip of membrane is in contact with sensory hairs whose sound vibrations move, producing nerve impluses as electric impulses in the Corti.
thin strip of membrane in contact with sensory hairs which sound vibrations move producing nerve impulses. In the organ of Corti.
tek-TOR-ee-al MEM-brane The membrane above hair cells in the cochlea of the inner ear that is pressed by hair cells responding to the basilar membrane's vibration in the presence of sound waves. 654
a membrane in the mammalian cochlea. Part of the Organ of Corti. See the Ear.
Found in the organ of Corti of the cochlea, this sheet of cells lies above the stereocilia of the hair cells. Movement of the basilar membrane (to which the hair cells are attached) causes the stereocilia to move against the tectorial membrane, initiating a nerve impulse that travels from the hair cell to the brain.
A thin strip of membrane within the organ of Corti in the cochlea.
Membrane within the cochlea of the inner ear
Covering the sulcus spiralis internus and the spiral organ of Corti is the tectorial membrane, which is attached to the limbus laminae spiralis close to the inner edge of the vestibular membrane.