Pathways of interstitial fluid and lymph flow in the liver acinus of the sheep and mouse

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 351-358

  Heath, Trevor ^a   Lowden, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Portal tracts; Space of Disse; Space of Mall

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; HEPATIC ARTERY; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER VEIN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; VENULE;

ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SHEEP;

EID: 0031855113     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878298003355     Document Type: Article

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