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Vestibular analyzer

Vestibular analyzer. Semicircular canal function. Ampula is enlargement at one end of semicircular canal. It has a small crest on top of which is a gelatinous mass known as cupula. Hair cells have two kinds of cilia – kinocilium and stereocilia.

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Vestibular analyzer

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  1. Vestibular analyzer

  2. Semicircular canal function • Ampula is enlargement at one end of semicircular canal. It has a small crest on top of which is a gelatinous mass known as cupula. Hair cells have two kinds of cilia – kinocilium and stereocilia. • Kinocilium is large cilium located at one end of hair cell. Stereocilia are small. When stereocilia are bent towards kinocilium, hair cell is depolarized, i.e. stimulated.

  3. When stereocilia are bend away from kinocilium, hair cell is hyperpolarized, i.e. inhibited. It occurs because acceleratory force acts to flow of fluid in semicircular canals during circular motion of the head or whole the body. • Hair cells are located along crista ampularis and protect their cilia in cupula. Hair cells are secondary sensor cells, which synapse with neurons. Axons of these nerve cells compose vestibular nerve.

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