Vestibular system, light micrograph

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Light micrograph of the junction between the utricle (top, showing the macula) and an ampulla of a semicircular canal (bottom, showing a crista ampullaris). In the perilymphatic space near the crista ampullaris are nerve fibres fascicles of the vestibular nerve. At the right edge is the cross-sectioned facial nerve (cranial nerve VII).

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