SEM Observation on the Microcirculation of the Vestibule

Abstract

The corrosion casts of the vestibular vessels were observed under the scanning electron microscope. The results were as follows:
1) The most dense capillary meshes were found in the neuroepithelial areas.
2) The arterioles are coiled, and then enter the subepithelial capillary meshes near the center of the hair cell area. A radial capillary netwerks are collected into venules at the periphery.
The present techniqe useful for observation of the three-dimentional structure of the vestibular microcirculation.