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. 2006 Jun 30;91(6):2356–2370. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.105.078121

FIGURE 13.

FIGURE 13

Example of the effect of osmotic pressure on TM thickness in the radial direction for one TM from the apical-middle region of the TM. Each dot represents the height of one bead on the TM when the TM is bathed in AE. The shaded (+) symbols show the height of the same beads when the TM is immersed in AE plus PEG. A concentration of PEG, with a molecular mass of 511 kDa, was used to produce an osmotic pressure of 10 kPa. Radial distance was measured from the outer edge toward the modiolus. The locations of anatomical landmarks are indicated by dotted vertical lines.