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... called blastomeres . The divisions are mitotic — i.e . , each chromosome in the nucleus splits into two daughter chromosomes , so that the two daughter blastomeres retain the diploid number of chromosomes . During cleavage , almost no ...
... called blastomeres . The divisions are mitotic — i.e . , each chromosome in the nucleus splits into two daughter chromosomes , so that the two daughter blastomeres retain the diploid number of chromosomes . During cleavage , almost no ...
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... called the promontory . Because of its complicated galleries and chambers , the inner ear as a whole is referred to as the labyrinth . There are , in fact , two labyrinths , one inside the other . The passages hollowed out in the otic ...
... called the promontory . Because of its complicated galleries and chambers , the inner ear as a whole is referred to as the labyrinth . There are , in fact , two labyrinths , one inside the other . The passages hollowed out in the otic ...
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... called the tympanic lip , of the spiral limbus . On the inner side of the inner hair cells and the cells that support them is a curved furrow called the inner sulcus . This is lined with more or less cuboidal cells . Each outer hair ...
... called the tympanic lip , of the spiral limbus . On the inner side of the inner hair cells and the cells that support them is a curved furrow called the inner sulcus . This is lined with more or less cuboidal cells . Each outer hair ...
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