Semicircular canal ampulla, light micrograph

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Light micrograph of a semicircular canal ampulla delimited by squamous cells and surrounded by perilymphatic space. At bottom is an ampullary cristae, a structure of the vestibular system that provides the sense of spatial orientation. Small nerve fibre fascicles can be seen under the crista epithelium.

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