12.2.4.1 POJA-L3594+La0132+
3598+3601.
Outer hair cells organ of Corti in the inner ear
12.2.4.1 POJA-L3594+La0132+3598+3601
Title: Outer hair cells organ of Corti in the inner ear
Description:
(A): Electron microscopy scheme of part of tectorial membrane (1) and (2) outer hair cells (OHCs), human.
Squeezed between the OHCs phalangeal processes (3) that contribute to the formation of the reticular membrane (lamina reticularis).
(B): Electron micrograph of three outer hair cells (OHCs) (2), rat. Part of the reticular membrane (1). Phalangeal process (3).
Inner tunnel (4). Outer pillar cell (5).
(C, D): Electron micrographs of hair cells and reticular lamina (or membrane) as outlined in the rectangle in (B), rat.
The phalangeal processes (3) junctioned to the apices of two OHCs (C, 2; D, 2) , form in this section the reticular membrane (lamina reticularis). The stereocilia from the OHCs emerge from a dense actin terminal web in the cell apex (apical cuticular plate).
Note cross-section of central filament in some stereocilia.
Keywords/Mesh: inner ear, Corti’s organ, hair cell, stereocilium, lamina reticularis, tectorial membrane, histology,
electron microscopy, POJA collection
Title: Outer hair cells organ of Corti in the inner ear
Description:
(A): Electron microscopy scheme of part of tectorial membrane (1) and (2) outer hair cells (OHCs), human.
Squeezed between the OHCs phalangeal processes (3) that contribute to the formation of the reticular membrane (lamina reticularis).
(B): Electron micrograph of three outer hair cells (OHCs) (2), rat. Part of the reticular membrane (1). Phalangeal process (3).
Inner tunnel (4). Outer pillar cell (5).
(C, D): Electron micrographs of hair cells and reticular lamina (or membrane) as outlined in the rectangle in (B), rat.
The phalangeal processes (3) junctioned to the apices of two OHCs (C, 2; D, 2) , form in this section the reticular membrane (lamina reticularis). The stereocilia from the OHCs emerge from a dense actin terminal web in the cell apex (apical cuticular plate).
Note cross-section of central filament in some stereocilia.
Keywords/Mesh: inner ear, Corti’s organ, hair cell, stereocilium, lamina reticularis, tectorial membrane, histology,
electron microscopy, POJA collection