The most effective stimulus for excitation of the right horizontal semicircular canal hair cells is:

A. constant velocity rotation to the right
B. constant velocity rotation to the left
C. rotatory acceleration of the head to the right
D. rotatory acceleration of the head to the left
E. the same stimulus as that for the left horizontal canal hair cells


ANS: C

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