Table 2. Geometric & Material Properties of Beam models of Hair Bundles.
We were able to differentiate between striolar and extrastriolar hair bundles in our OM models. We used two different sets of geometric and material property data to based on our OM geometry to calculate equivalent stiffness values for each set of bundles.
| Turtle Utricle (Spoon et al., 2005) |
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|---|---|---|
| Striola | Extrastriola | |
| k (µN/m) [Range] | 45 [40–50] | 11 [9–13] |
| r (µm) | 1 | 1 |
| I (µm4) | .785 | .785 |
| L (µm) | 9.5 | 14.5 |
| ρ (kg/m3) | 1000 | 1000 |
| Number of Bundles/Macula | 920 | 7749 |
| Ebundle (kPa) | 4.093 | 3.558 |
| Number of Beams/Macula | 125 | 1180 |
| Ebeam (kPa) | 30.13 | 23.37 |