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The liver of the newt, Notophthalmus viridescens, consists of several incompletely separated lobes of parenchymal tissue each of which is covered by a perihepatic subcapsular region (PSR) of myeloid tissue. This tissue contains neutrophils and eosinophils in various stages of differentiation. As neutrophils develop from myeloblasts to late neutrophilic myelocytes, two types of granules appear. The primary granules (type of granules formed first) are more electron dense and smaller than the secondary granules (type of granules formed later). The primary granules first appear at the stage designated early neutrophilic myelocyte, and the secondary granules appear at the stage of the maturing neutrophilic myelocyte. The eosinophils present are characterized by much larger granules than those observed in neutrophils. Cells in the PSR which superficially resemble small lymphocytes are primitive stem cells that give rise to neutrophils and eosinophils. The liver PSR is invested by a visceral peritoneum of simple squamous mesothelial cells some of which are ciliated.
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Hightower, J.A., Haar, J.L. A light and electron microscopic study of myelopoietic cells in the perihepatic subcapsular region of the liver in the adult aquatic newt, Notophthalmus viridescens . Cell Tissue Res. 159, 63–71 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00231995
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