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Science 22 September 1967:
Vol. 157. no. 3795, pp. 1454 - 1456
DOI: 10.1126/science.157.3795.1454
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Otolithic Membranes of the Saccule and Utricle in Man

Lars-Göran Johnsson 1 and Joseph E. Hawkins Jr. 1

1 Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48104

The otolithic membranes of the human saccule and utricle can be prepared as whole mounts or surface specimens for microscopic examination. They are not simple, homogeneous, gelatinous structures as heretofore described. Instead, each shows a definite and characteristic fibrillar design, which appears to be correlated with the known cytoarchitectural pattern of the underlying neuroepithelium.


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