Scanning electron microscopy of vascular architecture in the gastric mucosa of the golden hamster |
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Authors: | Masato Imada Haruyuki Tatsumi Prof Hisao Fujita |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Anatomy, Osaka University Medical School, Nakanoshima, Kitaku, Osaka, Japan;(2) Department of Anatomy, Osaka University Medical School, 4-3-57 Nakanoshima, Kitaku, 530 Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary The three-dimensional architectures and the regional differences of the vascular system in the mucosa of the hamster stomach were revealed by scanning electron microscopy of corrosion casts. In the forestomach, the vascular network spreads two-dimensionally in a thin lamina propria. In the corpus and the antrum, the capillaries in the thick lamina propria are well developed, extending three-dimensionally along the gastric pits and glands. In the corpus, the submucosal arteries enter the lamina propria to become ascending capillaries, which project toward the top of the lamina propria and anastomose to create a capillary network beneath the mucosal epithelium. A subepithelial capillary is much wider in diameter than an ascending capillary and is, therefore, a sinusoid capillary. Subepithelial capillaries join descending venules, which are less numerous than the ascending capillaries. Near the gastric lumen, the capillaries in the corpus can be classified into two types: arched type in the cephalic (upper) region and honeycomb type in the caudal (lower) region. In the antrum, the submucosal arterial plexus is less well developed than that in the corpus. The mucosal aspect of the corrosion cast shows many clumps, formed by a unit of capillary network. Functional significances of different vascular architectures in the gastric mucosa of the forestomach, corpus, and antrum are discussed.This study was supported in part by grants from the Research Fund of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, Japan |
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Keywords: | Stomach Corrosion cast Scanning electron microscopy Vascular architecture Hamster |
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