Schematic drawing of the OHC lateral membrane and subplasma complex
(adapted from
refs. d3, d4)

Between the partially removed membrane (green) and the laminated cistern (blue), the schematic organisation of the cytoskeleton is more clearly seen:
- the actin circumferential "spring" (red),
- the spectrin (or fimbrin) longitudinal filaments (yellow),
-the perpendicular pillars (violet)