Ear damage by MP3,DVD and digital TV? (more explanations)

[CYBERYOGI =CO= Windler]

Kalman Rubinson schrieb:
> On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 23:29:42 +0100, CYBERYOGI =CO= Windler
> <windle_c at informatik.fh-hamburg.de> wrote:
> 
> 
>>(The construction of the sensor cells resembles
>>rather liquid filled long balloons and has in fact no similarity with
>>"hairs".) 
> 
> 
> There may be a language barrier between us but, although most of what
> you present is difficult to relate to, this statement is quite wrong.
> The cells, in fact, have cilia ('hairs') on their apical surface and
> it is a consequence of the deflection of these cilia that the release
> of transmitter is modulated.  The fact that the cells, or, indeed, all
> neurons, are "liquid filled long baloons" is irrelevant.
> 
> Kal

Well, in most beginners biology books the cells themselves are simply
illustrated as "hairs" sticking in a blob of jelly that is shook by sound
waves. That the sensor cells itself may have a small "beard" on top of them
that is tickled by the basilar membrane motion is a different detail. What
I wanted to explain here is the meaning of the "fluid pressure change"
feature, which makes no sense when people imagine these cells as ordinary
"hairs sticking in a pudding".


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