Bottle-shaped with narrow neck; broad, rounded basal portion where nucleus is located; stereocilia and a single kinocilium is present apically; receive nerve bouton at their base from an afferent cup-shaped (chalice or calyx) nerve ending. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0517223651 GOC:tfm ]
Synonyms: type 1 vestibular sensory cell type 1 vestibular hair cell type I hair cell