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Linear Acceleration Coding by Maculae. The maculae are specialized for sensing linear acceleration, such as when gravity acts on the tilting head, or if the head starts moving in a straight line. The difference in inertia between the hair cell stereocilia and the otolithic membrane in which they are embedded leads to a shearing force that causes the stereocilia to bend in the direction of that linear acceleration. English labels. From OpenStax book 'Anatomy and Physiology', fig. 14.11.
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Uploaded by: Jorn IJkhout
Netherlands, Leiden – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
Auris
Cochlea
Maculae utriculosaccularis
Nervus vestibularis
Membrana statoconiorum
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