With motion toward the kinociliary side of the cell, the longer stereocilia have the least resistance so that bending occurs near the distal end of the kinocilium as a distal arch of the ciliary apparatus.
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Kinociliary
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The precisely organized staircase-like morphology of the hair bundle is maintained by a series of extracellular filaments between adjacent stereocilia: kinociliary links, ankle links, lateral links, and tip links.
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The accessory structures (statoliths, statoconial layers, cupulae) are attached to the tips of these kinociliary groups; because of the inclination of the ciliary group, this attachment is only from the side opposite to the acute angle the group forms with the surface of the cell.
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