ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Smooth muscle
;
Arteriole
;
Three-dimension
;
Ultrastructure
;
Laboratory rodents
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Three-dimensional aspects of smooth muscle cells of the microvas-culature were studied ultrastructurally in laboratory rodents by means of serial thin sections and reconstruction of muscle cell models. It was demonstrated that a muscle cell of an arteriole (luminal diameter (LD) 17 μm) in hamster striated muscle was spindle-shaped, 70 μm long, and wound twice round the vessel axis. The volume of the cell was calculated as 750 μm3 and its surface area as 1330 μm2. A muscle cell in an arteriole (LD 6 μm) in the rat retina was irregular in shape, about 22 μm long, and had branched processes. The cell volume was calculated as 139 μm3 and its surface area as 298 μm2.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00210897
