Vascular supply to the organ of corti in man.
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.
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