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Morphological features of human Reissner's membrane.
Journal article

Morphological features of human Reissner's membrane.

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  • 1993-05-01
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  • Acta oto-laryngologica. - 1993
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Basement Membrane
Cochlea
Epithelial Cells
Humans
Melanocytes
Membranes
Microscopy, Electron
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Middle Aged
English Light and electromicroscopic investigations of Reissner's membrane were undertaken on 10 cochleae from 6 patients with normal hearing for their age. The membrane consisted of two layers, an epithelium and a mesothelium separated by a basement membrane. The mesothelium was formed by a single thin layer which was intermittently discontinuous. The melanocytes were localized on the mesothelial side of the basement membrane. Their numbers was 2-4 times greater in the upper half of the basal turn and in the middle turn than elsewhere. The epithelium was much thicker and had more irregular features than the mesothelium. It was composed of two types of epithelial cells, flat and rounded. The flat cells were more regular in shape than the rounded cells and they were mainly distributed in the middle and apical turns. Judging from their structure they were in a resting state. The rounded cells covered a smaller area than the flat ones and had numerous microvilli. They assumed three different shapes, cuboidal, spindle-form and spherical and were arranged in four different patterns, namely bands, strands, whorls and clusters. The rounded cells were the most active according to the composition of the cytoplasm and dominated the cell population in the hook and the lower half of the basal turn where the age-related sensorineural degeneration is most apparent.
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