A STUDY OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE SENSORY HAIRS OF THE RECEPTOR CELLS IN THE LATERAL LINE ORGAN OF FISH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FUNCTION OF THE RECEPTORS

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A STUDY OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE SENSORY HAIRS OF THE RECEPTOR CELLS IN THE LATERAL LINE ORGAN OF FISH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FUNCTION OF THE RECEPTORS

Åke Flock M.B.¹ and Jan Wersäll M.D.¹

¹ From the Department of Otolaryngology and the Department of Histology, Karolinska Institutet, and the Gustaf V Research Institute, Stockholm

The morphology of the hair bundles on top of the receptor cellsin the lateral line organ of the teleost fish Lota vulgarisis described. Each receptor cell shows a distinct morphologicalpolarization. Two groups of receptor cells can be distingiushed,one consisting of cells polarized towards the head, the otherconsisting of cells polarized towards the tail. In the cristaampullaris all cells are polarized in the same direction. Anhypothesis is proposed for the function of the receptor cellsin the lateral line organ and the labyrinth based on a correlationof morphological and functional polarization.

Submitted on March 28, 1962

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