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Noun. 1. hair cell-a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti. epithelial cell-one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium. organ of Corti-the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves. 1  Facebook.
(more on hair cells on the next page) Roughly in parallel with the row of 3,500 inner hair cells, three rows of outer hair cells (OHCâs) are situated along the same membrane. The main function of the inner hair cells is to pick up the membraneâs vibrations (like a microphone). The main function of the outer hair cells is to feed back mechanical energy to the membrane in order to amplify the resonance peaks, actively increasing the systemâs sensitivity by up to 60dB(*4C).