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. 2018 Jul 31;12:501. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00501

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Copyright © 2018 Glueckert, Johnson Chacko, Schmidbauer, Potrusil, Pechriggl, Hoermann, Brenner, Reka, Schrott-Fischer and Handschuh.

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Big ossified human temporal bones with iodine staining. (A) 25 μm voxel sized scan identifies the bone distinct from soft tissue with sufficient contrast to outline even bigger parts of the membranous labyrinth shown in the high magnified inset. (B) Volume rendering is suitable to assess the extent of the membranous labyrinth of the scala media (sm) and endolymphatic compartments of the sac (sa) and utricle (ut) close to the oval window that is occupied by the stapes (st). Legend: co, cochlea; in, incus; ma, malleus; mi, middle ear; sc, semi-circular canal; st, stapes.