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Receptors in the ear that translate sound waves into nerve impulses?

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mechanoreceptors

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Mechanoreceptors

Mechanoreceptors are sensory receptors that respond to physical formations of membrane generated by touch, stretch, pressure, motion and sound. The mechanoreceptors in the cochlea of the inner ear are the most sensitive in the human body. The mechanosensory stereocilia vibrates when sound waves pass the cochlear fluid and transduce sound into nervous signal.

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