Ear page 9

Contents

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

17. Ear

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

17.9 Cochlear duct

Version française

Stria vascularis of the cochlear duct of a rodent.

The stratified epithelium of the stria vascularis (SV) (see Figure 17.2) contains numerous capillaries (arrows).

This epithelium is considered a site of production of the endolymph present within the membranous labyrinth.

The stria vascularis is separated from the organ of Corti (bottom right, but outside of this field) by a connective tissue bulge, a spiral prominence (*) lined with a simple cuboidal epithelium (red arrowhead).

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×900

The text and images of this Histology Atlas, by Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli & Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai, are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada Licence and cannot be modified without the written permission of the authors. Use of any text or images must carry an acknowledgement which includes a link to the original work.