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==Organ of Corti - Stria Vascularis (mouse)==
==Organ of Corti - Stria Vascularis (mouse)==
This histology image is a section through one turn of the cochlea showing the stria vascularis.


The stria vascularis:
The stria vascularis:
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: is highly vascularised
: is highly vascularised
: consists of three layers of distinct cell types
: consists of three layers of distinct cell types
# marginal cells
{|
# intermediate cells (melanocytes)
|-bgcolor="CEDFF2"
# basal cells
! width=200px|Marginal cells
 
! width=200px|Intermediate cells
 
! width=200px|Basal cells
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| line the lumen of the cochlear duct
| melanocyte-like cells lie between the marginal and basal cell layers
| mesenchymal spiral ligament fibrocytes
|-bgcolor="F5FAFF"
| derived from epithelia
| derived from the neural crest
| derived from otic mesenchyme PMID 21925491
|}
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{{Neural Crest Links}}


Within the cochlea, the specialised structure required for converting mechanical vibration into an electrical signal occurs at the organ of Corti. Named after Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti (1822–1876), an Italian anatomist who discovered this structure in 1851.
Within the cochlea, the specialised structure required for converting mechanical vibration into an electrical signal occurs at the organ of Corti. Named after Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti (1822–1876), an Italian anatomist who discovered this structure in 1851.


This histology image is a section through one turn of the cochlea showing the organ of corti.


{{Stria vascularis links}}
{{Stria vascularis links}}
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 20 May 2016

Organ of Corti - Stria Vascularis (mouse)

This histology image is a section through one turn of the cochlea showing the stria vascularis.

The stria vascularis:

produces endolymph for the scala media.
is highly vascularised
consists of three layers of distinct cell types
Marginal cells Intermediate cells Basal cells
line the lumen of the cochlear duct melanocyte-like cells lie between the marginal and basal cell layers mesenchymal spiral ligament fibrocytes
derived from epithelia derived from the neural crest derived from otic mesenchyme PMID 21925491


Neural Crest Links: neural crest | Lecture - Early Neural | Lecture - Neural Crest Development | Lecture Movie | Schwann cell | adrenal | melanocyte | peripheral nervous system | enteric nervous system | cornea | cranial nerve neural crest | head | skull | cardiac neural crest | Nicole Le Douarin | Neural Crest Movies | neural crest abnormalities | Category:Neural Crest
Student Projects 2023: 1 Patterning neural border and NC | 2 NPB NEUcrest | 3 EMT and NC | 4 miRNA and NC | 5 Adrenal Gland and NC | 6 Melanocyte & Melanoma | 7 Neurocristopathies | Neural Crest
These projects are the sole work of undergraduate science students and may contain errors in fact or descriptions.


Historic Embryology - Neural Crest  
1879 Olfactory Organ | 1905 Cranial and Spinal Nerves | 1908 10 mm Peripheral | 1910 Mammal Sympathetic | 1920 Human Sympathetic | 1928 Cranial ganglia | 1939 10 Somite Embryo | 1942 Origin | 1957 Adrenal

Within the cochlea, the specialised structure required for converting mechanical vibration into an electrical signal occurs at the organ of Corti. Named after Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti (1822–1876), an Italian anatomist who discovered this structure in 1851.


Cochlea Links: stria vascular histology | stria vascularis 1 | stria vascularis 2 | stria vascularis 3 | human vascularis development | Neural Crest Development | Inner Ear Development

Inner Ear Histology: image - cochlea | image - cochlear duct | image - organ of corti | image - organ of corn detaili | image - stria vascularis | Inner Ear | Histology

Hearing Links: Introduction | inner ear | middle ear | outer ear | balance | placode | hearing neural | Science Lecture | Lecture Movie | Medicine Lecture | Stage 22 | hearing abnormalities | hearing test | sensory | Student project

  Categories: Hearing | Outer Ear | Middle Ear | Inner Ear | Balance

Historic Embryology - Hearing 
Historic Embryology: 1880 Platypus cochlea | 1892 Vertebrate Ear | 1902 Development of Hearing | 1906 Membranous Labyrinth | 1910 Auditory Nerve | 1913 Tectorial Membrane | 1918 Human Embryo Otic Capsule | 1918 Cochlea | 1918 Grays Anatomy | 1922 Human Auricle | 1922 Otic Primordia | 1931 Internal Ear Scalae | 1932 Otic Capsule 1 | 1933 Otic Capsule 2 | 1936 Otic Capsule 3 | 1933 Endolymphatic Sac | 1934 Otic Vesicle | 1934 Membranous Labyrinth | 1934 External Ear | 1938 Stapes - 7 to 21 weeks | 1938 Stapes - Term to Adult | 1940 Stapes | 1942 Stapes - Embryo 6.7 to 50 mm | 1943 Stapes - Fetus 75 to 150 mm | 1946 Aquaductus cochleae and periotic (perilymphatic) duct | 1946 aquaeductus cochleae | 1948 Fissula ante fenestram | 1948 Stapes - Fetus 160 mm to term | 1959 Auditory Ossicles | 1963 Human Otocyst | Historic Disclaimer



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