The ultrastructure of the sensory hairs of the paratympanic organ receptor cells in chicken

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 569-575

  Giannessi, Francesco ^a   Ruffoli, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fine structure; Hair bundle; Stereocilia

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; TANNIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EARDRUM; HAIR CELL; KINOCILIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCILIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029882319     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00187928     Document Type: Article

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