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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

17. Ear

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17.11 Macula

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Section of the macula from the utricle of the ear of a monkey.

Sitting on a cushion of connective tissue and nerve fibres (*), the stratified epithelium (E) is composed of supporting cells and sensory hair cells. These sensory hair cells have tufts of microvilli or stereocilia (blue arrows) that plunge into a gelatinous layer mainly dissolved in this section. At the surface of this macula and gelatinous material (red arrowheads) there are miniscule crystalline bodies, or otoliths, which are difficult to identify in the present preparation.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×900

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