MuLLENix. — Eighth Cranial Nerve. 



PLATE 5. 



Magnification, 810 diameters. 



Sections made in a plane at right angles to the free surface of the epitheJiuin, 

 excepting that from which Figure 39 was drawn. 



Figs. 31 and 37. Free nerve terminations in crista acustica. 



Figs. 29, 30, 32, and 34. Arborizations of giant fibres in macula acustica 

 sacculi. 



Figs. 35, 36, and 38. Arborizations of giant fibres in macula acustica lagenae. 



Figs. 33 and 39. Free nerve terminatioi^s in macula acustica sacculi. 



Fig. 38. Free terminations in macula acustica lagenae. 



Fig. 39. Section in a plane nearly parallel to the free surface of the epithe- 

 lium in macula acustica sacculi, showing cuticvila and intercellular 

 substance in the spaces between the sense cells, which are shown 

 in cross section. 



Figs. 38 and 40. Cuticula and intercellular substance in macula acustica 

 lagenae. 



