An Analytical Mechanical Model of Corti in the Cochlea

Table 1

Geometric data of each part of OC.

Parameter	Parameter description	Parameter value
	The width of BM	168 (base) ∼ 200 (apex)
	The distance between the left end and the right end of the arch structure	b/3
	The distance between the bottom of the middle row of OHCs and the left end of the BM	b/2
	The acute angle between OHCs bundles and z-axis	(base) ∼ (apex)
	The acute angle of the arch structure
	The acute angle between OHCs and z-axis	(base) ∼ (apex)
	The lengths of OHCs	70 (base) ∼ 110 (apex)
	The lengths of OHC bundles	5
	The thickness of BM	7 (base) ∼ 1 (apex)
	The thickness of OHCs	4.5
	The thickness of OHC bundles	0.2