Endocrine Organs : Micrograph
Examine the electron Micrographs so that you understand the ultrastructural equivalents of the structures you have seen under the microscope.
Fenestrated Capillary |
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Fenestrated capillary in an endocrine organ where there is extensive molecular exchange with the blood. Like continuous capillaries it is surrounded by a basal lamina, rarely with associated pericytes. Young, B & Heath, JW., Wheater’s Functional Histology, 4th ed., Churchill Livingstone, London, 2000, p. 152.
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Granulosa Cell (pregnant human) |
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Granulosa lutein cells of pregnancy showing ultrastructural components associated with steroid hormone synthesis: tubulo-vesicular mitochondria (m); lipid droplets (L); smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER).
Weiss, L. ed., Cell and Tissue Biology, 6th ed., Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore, 1988, p. 867.
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