1) Auditory system
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Stereocilia (or stereovilli) are apical modifications of the cell, which are distinct from cilia and microvilli, but closely related to the latter. Though their name is similar to cilia, they are actually more closely related to microvilli, and some sources consider them to be a variant of the latter, rather than their own distinct type of structu...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereocilia
[inner ear] In the inner ear, stereocilia are the mechanosensing organelles of hair cells, which respond to fluid motion in numerous types of animals for various functions, including hearing and balance. They are about 10–50 micrometers in length and share some similar features of microvilli. The hair cells turn the fluid pressure and oth...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereocilia_(inner_ear)
(ster″e-o-sil´e-ә) sing. stereocil´ium long, nonmotile, filaments found on the free surface of hair cells of the inner ear and on pseudostratified epithelial cells of the male epididymis. See illustration at kinocilium.
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Greek stereos = solid, and cilium = eyelash, hence non-motile microvilli.
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