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Outline network diagram of the crista epithelium showing the primary sensory hair cells (white), the secondary sensory hair cells (light grey), the small and large afferent neurons (dark grey) and the two types of synaptic connections: the electrical synapses (arrows) and the chemical synapses. Note the efferent nerve fibres, which innervate all of the cell components, coming from the crista nerve.
