Kinociliary

Quick meaning: Kinociliary is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to kinocilia.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to kinocilia.

Example Sentences

With motion toward the kinociliary side of the cell, the longer stereocilia have the least resistance so that bending occurs near the distal end of the kinocilium as a distal arch of the ciliary apparatus.

The precisely organized staircase-like morphology of the hair bundle is maintained by a series of extracellular filaments between adjacent stereocilia: kinociliary links, ankle links, lateral links, and tip links.

The accessory structures (statoliths, statoconial layers, cupulae) are attached to the tips of these kinociliary groups; because of the inclination of the ciliary group, this attachment is only from the side opposite to the acute angle the group forms with the surface of the cell.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kinociliar, kinocilial, ciliary, corneal, kinesthetic, kinomic.

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