The sensory epithelium of the inner ear is called the organ of Corti after the Italian scientist who first described it. Its orderly rows of outer hair cells is unique among the organs of the body.

The presence of two types of hair cells, the inner and outer hair cells, in the organ of Corti was appreciated nearly a 100 years ago but the function of the two has only become clear in the last 20 ...

The bulging of the membrane creates a shearing motion for the hair cells of the organ of Corti, generating electrical potentials that stimulate the auditory nerve. The bulging of the basilar membrane ...

The removal of a lung is referred to as pneumonectomy. How does one function without a lung? The remaining lung compensates for the absence of the other one. It inflates and takes up the space ...

Executive function describes a set of cognitive processes and mental skills that help an individual plan, monitor, and successfully execute their goals. The “executive functions,” as they’re ...

Cells. Tissues. Organs. Organ systems. And the organism itself. Cells are the building blocks of life. Tissue is made when specialised cells with the same function group together. For example ...

Thus, each pituitary gland–derived hormone exhibits a wide range of unconventional biological effects in these non-classical target organs. In a study published in Frontiers of Medicine, the ...

The collection of proteins within a cell determines its health and function. Proteins are responsible for nearly every task of cellular life, including cell shape and inner organization ...

With so few organs available for transplantation, living donation is the best way we have to continue to save lives. Transplanting organs from a living donor is the best means of donation because of ...

An organ-procurement group in Kentucky pressured its personnel to retrieve organs from a hospital patient who was awake and later left the facility alive, an advocate for overhauling the U.S ...

Six people including several doctors have been jailed in China for illegally harvesting organs from accident victims, report local media. The group had tricked the families of the deceased into ...