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Ultrastructure of the Digestive Tract pp 201–212Cite as

Microvascularization of the alimentary canal as studied by scanning electron microscopy of corrosion casts

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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of corrosion casts allows a clearer three-dimensional view of fine vascular architecture than conventional light or transmission electron microscopy of sectioned or injected tissue specimens (1–8). Positional relations of each vessel to the tissue elements cannot be examined in the cast samples, since the cast itself is observed in isolation from the surrounding tissues. However, SEM of vascular corrosion casts has already shown itself to be valuable and useful in the study of microvascular architecture in various organs and tissues, including the gastrointestinal canal (9–24).

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    Aiji Ohtsuka, Osamu Ohtani & Takuro Murakami

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    P. M. Motta M.D., Ph.D.

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Ohtsuka, A., Ohtani, O., Murakami, T. (1988). Microvascularization of the alimentary canal as studied by scanning electron microscopy of corrosion casts. In: Motta, P.M., Fujita, H., Correr, S. (eds) Ultrastructure of the Digestive Tract. Electron Microscopy in Biology and Medicine, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2071-5_12

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