Freeze fracture aspects of the spiral limbus.
Replicas of the freeze fractured spiral limbus are studied in chinchillas. Zonulae occludentes are demonstrated between the interdental cells and the inner sulcus cells; gap junctions are described connecting interdental cells and inner sulcus cells to one another and they are found between the perilymphatic cells in the spiral limbus.
D000818:Animals; D002682:Chinchilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005614:Freeze Fracturing; D009925:Organ of Corti / Q000648:ultrastructure*