Spatial relationships of the intrahepatic vascular-biliary tracts and associated pancreatic acini of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Teleostei, Cichlidae): A serial section study by light microscopy

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-30

  Figueiredo Fernandes, António M ^a   Fontaínhas Fernandes, António A ^a,b   Monteiro, Rogério A F ^c,d   Reis Henriques, Maria A ^c,d   Rocha, Eduardo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granule cells; Liver; Macrophages; Pancreas; Stereology; Stroma; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CICHLID; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER VEIN; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ACINUS; PANCREAS CELL; PORTAL VEIN; SALMONID; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TILAPIA;

CICHLIDAE; MAMMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 33846071168     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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