SUBMICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF THE MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH .2. THE EPITHELIUM OF CORTIS ORGAN
SUBMICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF THE MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH .2. THE EPITHELIUM OF CORTIS ORGAN
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10.1007/bf00339444
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发表时间:
1961-01-01
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IURATO, S
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IURATO, S
Investigations were performed by light and electron microscope on the submicroscopic structure of theepitheliumofCorti'sorganin the white rat.Morphological and structural differences between theinner hair cellsand theouter hair cellsare revealed.Theinner hair cellsare closely inter-related with the inner supporting cells and have a polyhedral shape, whereas theouter hair cellslook like cylinders and are surrounded by an intraepithelial fluid.The structural peculiarities consist of differences in the dimensions of the hairs, in the arrangement of cytoplasmic organoids and in the aspect of the receptoneural junction. In both sensory hair cells 4 zones of different structure can be distinguished from the surface inwards: apical zone, intermediate zone, perinuclear zone and receptoneuronal junction. The functional value of these different zones is discussed and compared with what has been demonstrated in other receptors.Thepillar cellsand theDeiters'cellsare supporting cells which have a filamentous skeleton, composed of submicroscopic individual filaments. These filaments have a diameter of about 215 Å and present some analogies with the tonofilaments of the stratified squamous epithelium. The filaments are arranged differently in the pillar cells and in theDeiters'cells. Possible functional differences between these patterns are discussed.Thereticular membraneis not an extracellular cuticle. It consists of intracellular cementitious material (like the terminal bars of the epithelial cells).TheHensen'sandClaudiuscells, theBöttcher'scells, theinner supporting cells, theinnerandouter spiralsulcus cells are regular prismatic cells with few endoplasmic organoids and without filaments.