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What is heartburn and what causes it?


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Tip Links

Tiny filaments that connect the tips of adjacent stereocilia in hair cells of the inner ear, crucial for hearing.

Tip Link

A filamentous protein structure that connects the tip of one stereocilium to the side of an adjacent taller stereocilium in the hair cells of the inner ear, crucial for mechanotransduction.

Sound Waves

Sound waves that move through air or different substances and become audible when they make contact with an individual's or creature's ear.

Tectorial Membrane

A gel-like structure in the inner ear's cochlea, playing a key role in the mechanical process that converts sound waves into nerve impulses.

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