has part has part has_part characteristic of has modifier strial intermediate cell abnormal stria vascularis morphology abnormal melanocyte morphology abnormal strial intermediate cell morphology any structural anomaly in the melanocytes known to migrate from the neural crest during ontogeny to become located between the epithelial marginal cell layer and the mesodermal basal cell layer within the intrastrial space; the predominant cellular component of the electrogenic machinery that generates an endocochlear potential (80-100 mV) abnormal stria vascularis intermediate cells abnormal strial intermediate cells MP:0004367 MPheno.ontology abnormal strial melanocytes abnormal cochlear melanocytes abnormal otic melanocytes abnormal stria vascularis melanocytes abnormal otic pigmentation morphology abnormal