ヒト鼓膜上皮の走査電顕的観察

抄録

The epithelial cells of the human tympanic membrane are observed under scanning electron microscopy. The epithelial cells are taken from the tympanic membrane which seems to be a normal appearance, by mean of a double-sticked serotape attached on the tip of a toothpick.
The epithelial cells are almost flat in shape with a various surface structure under scanning electron microscope. The surfaces have a various shaped projection from papillomateus to hemispherical. Among them, the epithelial cells with almost smooth surface, corresponding to cell of horny layer of epithelium, are seen. Sometimes crystal-like structures are observed on those cell surface. Crystal-like structures seems to be closely related to horny layer cell because of their strong attachment on the cell surface. Those findings are briefly discussed.