Fig. 1.
Schematic cross-section of WT cochlea. Spiral lamina (SLAM), spiral ligament (SLIG), inner pillar cells (IPC), outer pillar cells (OPC), Deiters' cells (DC), phalangeal process of DC (PhP), Claudius cells (CC), OHC, IHC, reticular laminar (RL), spiral limbus (SL), and major noncellular elements (BM and TM).