An Analytical Mechanical Model of Corti in the Cochlea

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Micromechanical model of OC structure. is the distance between the left end and the right end of the arch structure, is the distance between the bottom of the middle row of OHCs and the left end of the BM, is the acute angle between OHCs and z-axis, is the acute angle between OHCs bundles and z-axis, and have the same value, and is the inside angle of the arch structure.