Inner ear, cochlea overview (non-human)

Click on one of the thumbnails at right for higher-magnification images.

The spaces of the scala vestibuli and the scala tympani are filled with perilymph.

The organ of Corti is situated within the scala media (indistinct on this micrograph; for clearer image, click on one of the thumbnails).

 

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