General cochlear anatomy - Faculty web pages

Fig. 13.Cross section of the scala media showing the organ of Corti.IV.Basilar Membranepars tectapara pectinataground substance - fibersconnective tissue cellsconsists mostly of radial fiber - Note: However, strong longitudinalconnections via "glue-like" ground substance also few longit. fibers - fibercharacteristics change from base to apex.Apex radial fibers "seem" more or less independent. Fibers of the basilarmembrane run into the fibers of the spiral ligament laterally and into thefibers of the spiral limbus.- 14 -