Cochlea, light micrograph

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Light micrograph of a cross-section of the cochlea of the inner ear showing from top to bottom: the vestibular, cochlear and tympanic ducts, or scala tympani. The cochlear duct shows, from right to left; the spiral ganglion, limbus spiralis with tectorial membrane and Reissner membrane, organ of Corti with tunnel of Corti and hair cells, and the stria vascularis.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, anatomical, anatomy, audio, aural, background, biological, biology, cochlea, cochlear, corti, duct, ear, ganglion, healthy, hearing, histological, histology, light, membrane, micrograph, microscopy, normal, organ, otology, sensory, spiral, stria, tectorial, vascularis, white