title: [Comparative morphology of the two type's hair cells from saccule and utricle under inverted phase contrast microscope].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore more reliable standards for identifying vestibular hair cells of saccule and utricle prepared in studies with patch clamp technique under inverted phase contrast microscope.
  
  
  METHODS
  The length and width of two type's hair cell's were measured besides the length of cilia, and all datas were analyzed statistically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The width and length of cilia of two types hair cells in saccule and utricle from guinea pig were similar. The length of type I was longer than that of type II, so the ratio between length and width was larger and the ratio of the length between cilia and cell body was small.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Two type's hair cells of saccule and utricle from guinea pig may be distinguished through the ratio of cell body's length and width even the ratio of the length between cilia and cell body, besides the standards before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, People' s Hospital of Dongguan, Dongguan, 523000, China.
authors.forename: Xixun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Weijia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Changkai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048430:Cell Shape; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018069:Hair Cells, Vestibular / Q000166:cytology*; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D012444:Saccule and Utricle / Q000166:cytology*