ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Choroid, ocular
;
Uvea
;
Eyes, lateral
;
Macaca fascicularis, Macaca mulatta
;
Macaca nemestrina (Primates)
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The uveal tract of the eyes of monkeys was examined by electron microscopy using both thin sections and freeze-fracture replicas. The ultrastructural features of the lamina fusca in the monkey resembled those previously described for rabbit. The lamina fusca was composed of numerous interleaved processes of fibroblastic and pigmented cells and contained tight junctions between fibroblastic cell processes that were predominantly discontinuous, as well as numerous fenestrations through the attenuated cell processes. There was no regional compaction of cellular processes traversing the entire uvea at the level of the ora serrata as reported previously in hamster eyes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00297225
