Comparison of the Characteristic Features of Bonghan Ducts, Blood and Lymphatic Capillaries

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-117

  Ogay, Vyacheslav ^a   Bae, Kyung Hee ^a   Kim, Ki Woo ^b   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Biomedical Physics Laboratory   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

acupuncture meridian; blood capillary; Bonghan corpuscle and duct; circulatory system; endothelial cells; lymphatic capillary

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BONGHAN CORPUSCLE; BONGHAN DUCT; BONGHAN SYSTEM; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PINOCYTOSIS; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RIBOSOME; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIBEL PALADE BODY; ACUPUNCTURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

METHYLENE BLUE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MERIDIANS; METHYLENE BLUE; RABBITS;

EID: 67651123019     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60042-X     Document Type: Article

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