Schematic diagram of the inner ear.
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posted on 2013-07-11, 02:28 authored by Xiangming Li, Joel D. Sanneman, Donald G. Harbidge, Fei Zhou, Taku Ito, Raoul Nelson, Nicolas Picard, Régine Chambrey, Dominique Eladari, Tracy Miesner, Andrew J. Griffith, Daniel C. Marcus, Philine WangemannA) Diagram of the membranous labyrinth. The two continuous luminal fluid spaces of the mature inner ear are filled with endolymph (pink and purple). B–E) Diagrams of a cross section of one cochlear turn (B), of the utricle or saccule (C), of one ampulla (D) and the endolymphatic sac (E). Cells that express pendrin (yellow cells pointed to by arrows) are diagrammed in mature tissues.
