The rodlike shape ofthe bacterium is maintained by three proteins: MreB, PBP2, and RodA.

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The bony labyrinth is a series of channels and filled with a fluid called perilymph, which has a relatively low concentration of K+, similar to that of plasma or the cerebral spinal fluid

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The membranous labyrinth more or less duplicates the shape of the bony channels and is filled with a K+-rich fluid called endolymph

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Cochlea has three chambers: 

scala vestibuli

scala media

scala tympani

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The upper scala vestibuli and the lower scala tympani contain perilymph and communicate with each other at the apex of the cochlea through a small opening called the helicotrema

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The scala media, is continuous with the membranous labyrinth and does not communicate with the other two scalae

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The basilar membrane is relatively permeable to perilymph in the scala tympani, and tunnel of the organ of Corti and the bases of the hair cells are bathed in perilymph