Figure 2: TEM micrographs of the outer hair cell tip and connecting pillar cell from the second turn of the cochlea. Note; the striated myofibril like structures below the OHC tip are the pillar cells projecting from the two proximal hair cells. Bar = 2 μm. 2b: Micrograph of the junction between the tip of an outer hair cell and the connecting pillar cell. Bar = 0.5 μm. 2c: Micrograph of a transverse section through a pillar cell. Bar = 1 μm. 2d: Micrograph of an Outer Hair Cell from the first half turn of the cochlea. Bar = 10 μm. 2e: Micrograph of the basal inner pillar cell (pc.) and bony spiral lamina (bl.) containing peripheral fibres of the auditory nerve (pnf.), entering the foramina nervosa (fn.) located 10 to 15 μm below the distal end of the inner hair cell. cp. cuticular plate, J. junction, n. nucleus, st. stereocilia, sv. synaptic vesicles.