(A) Low magnification view from above the epithelium. Bar in (C), 28 μm.
(B) Higher magnification view showing several clumps of labeled stereocilia emanating from the apex of a single hair cell. Bar in (C), 5 μm.
(C) Double labeling of the same hair cell shown in (B) with rhodamine-phalloidin reveals the intensely labeled bundles of F-actin at the cores of the clumped stereocilia emanating from a less intensely labeled cuticular plate. Bar, 5 μm.