Ear Research Japan
Online ISSN : 1884-5797
Print ISSN : 0288-9781
ISSN-L : 0288-9781
Scanning electron microscopic observation of the foetal labyrinthine vestibule
Akihiro IkegamiAkito FujinoKohji Tokumasu
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1985 Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages 262-264

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Abstract
Vestibuler portions of two foetal inner ears were examined by scanning electron microscope. The sensory cell from a 23 week foetus showed maturation of hair band. But the sensory cell body was round shaped, neither flask-shaped nor cylindrical form at the periphery of the utricular macula.
On the otherhand, a 23 week and a 26 week fetuses were seen following three abnormal hair cells: a) a short hair bandles with pertiel fusion b) a Giant hair c) Kinocillum with a hemisphere like swelling. These abnormal bair handles seem to disappear with maturation.
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