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. 2007 Jan 5;92(6):1918–1928. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.085076

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

FE model of a hair cell. Geometric information such as stereocilia arrangement and heights are obtained from confocal microscopic images (23) and the link configurations are inferred from the literature (1,61,62). (Left) The bundle has 52 cilia including 1 kinocilium and 42 tip links. The kinocilium was labeled with ‘K’ in the circle. Center: The hair bundle model includes several different structural elements—TLA, upper lateral links (UL), shaft links (SL), and kinocilial links (KL). (Right) The FE model of the hair bundle used for this study is shown in a 3-D view. Bars in the bottom right corner of each plot indicate 1 μm.