Embryonic inner ear, light micrograph

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Developing inner ear of an embryo, light micrograph. The bony labyrinth is still in the cartilaginous phase. Two components of the vestibular system (utricle and saccule) already show a thickening of the epithelium, the future maculae.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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