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A special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the vertebrate inner ear and involved in the senses of movement and hearing.

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inner ear epithelium hair cilium apex vertebrate kinociliar kinocilial
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ium sium ilium opium apium arium mnium onium odium aecium corium helium cilium lycium aprium radium lilium nerium galium indium
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