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English translation: mechanoelectrical

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Spanish term or phrase:	mecanoeléctrica
English translation:	mechanoelectrical
Entered by:	xxxmediamatrix

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Spanish term or phrase: transducción mecanoeléctrica de las ondas sonoras

"Audición: estructuras del oído, vía auditiva, características físicas del sonido, órgano de Corti, células ciliadas y transducción mecanoeléctrica de las ondas sonoras, proyección corteza auditiva"

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mechanoelectrical

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An isometric muscle force tram3 - [ Traducir esta página ]5734 mechanoelectrical transducer. (l), it possesses a comparable stiffness and linear range and is mechanically quite rugged. Other transducers employing ...
jap.physiology.org/content/30/1/158.full.pdfNon-typical K<Superscript>+</Superscript>-current in cesium-loaded ... - [ Traducir esta página ]associated with gating of mechanoelectrical transduction channels in the bullfrog's saccular hair cell. Neuron 1: 189- ...
www.springerlink.com/index/J175M37T6836T037.pdf

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MECHANOELECTRICAL TRANSDUCTION BY HAIR CELLS - [ Traducir esta página ]and lateral-line systems is mechanoelectrical transduction by hair cells. In ..... Because a system with reciprocal mechanoelectrical and electromechan- ...
www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.bb.17.060188....

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4 +2	mechanoelectrical	xxxmediamatrix
5 -1	electromechanical transduction of sound waves	Lourdes Sanchez

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Mechanoelectrical transduction

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electromechanical transduction of sound waves

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take a look at the links, sound waves reach the sensory auditive cell endings as mechanical energy and are transduced (transformed) into electric energy impulses that travel through nerve cells and reach the auditory areas of the brain

http://www.pnas.org/content/96/8/4420.full.pdf

http://books.google.com/books?id=ETMWzoDCqvUC&pg=PA497&lpg=P...

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mecanoeléctrica

mechanoelectrical

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Reference: Mechanoelectrical transduction

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A brief explanation of this process can be found using the below link.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereocilia_%28inner_ear%29

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