Horizontal innervation scheme in the cat (general pattern similar to humans). Afferent nerve fibres are represent as solid lines, the efferents as dashed lines. The efferent innervation of the OHCs are shown as thick dashes, and the efferents to the IHCs as thin. Virtually all the afferent fibres (thick solid lines) arise from the IHCs, with only a few from the OHCs (thin solid lines).

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