hair bundle

English

Noun

hair bundle (plural hair bundles)

1. (cytology) a group of cellular processes resembling hair, characteristic of hair cells
   • 1975, K. Tanaka, C. A Smith, “Structure of the avian tectorial membrane.”, in The Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology‎^[1], 84, no 3, pt 1 (May-June 1975), 287:

     As revealed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, the cavities are arranged in a characteristic honeycomb-like pattern and each hair bundle is enclosed in an alveolus.

   • 1988 Howard, J. and Hudspeth, A. J. "Compliance of the hair bundle associated with gating of mechanoelectrical transduction channels in the Bullfrog's saccular hair cell." Neuron 1, no. 3, (1 May 1988) [cited 18 December 2009], 189, http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/0896-6273%2888%2990139-0 .

     To test this model, we measured the stiffness of hair bundles during mechanical stimulation.

Holonyms

• hair cell

Translations

type of sensory receptor

• Finnish: karvasolukimppu

References

• Silverman, Jennifer Mary. "Experimental Measurements of Vestibular Hair Bundle Stiffness in the Red Ear Slider Turtle Utricle." MS diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2002 [cited 18 December 2009], http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08022002-150054/unrestricted/thesis.prn.pdf. (archived on 17 September 2006, http://web.archive.org/web/20060917071221/http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08022002-150054/unrestricted/thesis.prn.pdf)