Abstractions.

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  • Source:
    Nature. 9/6/2007, Vol. 449 Issue 7158, pxi-xi. 1p.
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    • Abstract:
      The article provides information on the biological process of converting sound waves into electrical impulses by hair cells in the cochlea. As stated by Ulrich Müller and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, San Diego, California, hair cells will allow individuals to hear sound through sound waves conversion. It states that the end of the hair cell is a bundle of stereocilla which are connected to each other through structures. It likewise claims that when the structures are deflected by sound pressure they will exert a force which would open the channels resulting to sound creation.