Illustration of Inner Ear Model (IMAGE)

Mass Eye and Ear

Illustration of Inner Ear Model

Caption

This is a depiction of the inner ear, with a stylized glimpse inside at the vibrating lattice of 'Y-shaped' cellular architecture found within the organ of Corti.

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Hamid Motallebzadeh, Garyfallia Pagonis, Peter Gottlieb, Haobing Wang, and Sunil Puria of Mass. Eye and Ear

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