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Meaning of hair bundle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

a group of cellular processes resembling hair, characteristic of hair cells

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

hair cell hair chalk hair clip hair conditioner hair curler hair cut