title: Vascular supply to the organ of corti in man.
abstract: The capillary distribution in the basilar membrane and the osseous spiral lamina was studied in 40 human temporal bones. The capillaries were made visible using a histochemical technique for demonstrating alkaline phosphatase activity. High tone sensorineural hearing loss can be explained by capillary distribution, length of a segment in the outer spiral vessel and the distance between the inner and the outer spiral vessels in different cochlear turns.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002196:Capillaries / Q000166:cytology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009925:Organ of Corti / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology / Q000503:physiopathology