List of abbreviations		 Vocabulary
of micros-
copic
anatomy
specialist terms
explained in
English +
German

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Editor:
Dr. med.
H. Jastrow
Conditions
of use
Overview inner ear (Auris interna):
Pages with explanations are linked to the text below the images if available! (Labelling is in German)
organ of corti  +
scala media		 detail thereof:
hair cells		 outer and inner
hair cells		 inner pilar cell
+ inner hair cell		 Organ of Corti: phalangeal
cell microtubules		 basilar membrane
phalangea cells		 spiral ligament
Reißner's membrane scala tympani
epithelial cell		 cells of the
stria vascularis		 detail of the surface
of the stria vascularis		 outer hair cells cells of the basilar
membrane
Labium
vestibulare 		 small Claudius' cell outer hair cell basal part stereovillus = "sensory hair"
of an inner hair cell		 stereovilli of an
outer hair cell		 outer hair cell
All shown preparations derive from a guinea pig

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