| These movements are transmitted to the ciliary tufts of the sensory cells by a tectorial membrane, which is suspended from the hair cells in such a way that it can be moved by the oscillations of the inner-ear fluids. |
| Still another method is the one in the frog papilla, in which the tectorial membrane is moved by the cochlear fluids while the body of the sensory cell remains at rest. |
| Hair cells in the stimulated regions are excited by the resulting shearing action between the stereocilia and the tectorial membrane. |
| The tectorial membrane limits extension, while odontoid impaction on the basion limits flexion. |
| Yet in this cochlea fibre bundles that extend from the root portion of the tectorial membrane separate into fine fibres that form individual connections with the ciliary tuft of each hair cell. |
| Sitting on the basilar membrane is the organ of Corti, an array of hair cells with stereocilia that contact a gelatinous membrane called the tectorial membrane. |
