Three-dimensional analysis of vacuoles and surface invaginations of capillary endothelia in the eel rete mirabile

Anatomical Record

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 546-553

  Chen, Shih Chieh ^a   Liu, Keh Min ^a   Wagner, Roger C ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary; Computer reconstruction; Endothelium; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELL SURFACE; EEL; INTERSTITIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; EELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VACUOLES;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031753560     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199812)252:4<546::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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