Scanning electron microscopic observation of spermiophage cell within the lumen of the epididymal duct of the vasectomized Japanese monkey (Macacus fuscatus).
The spermiophagic process by intraluminal macrophages in the epididymal ducts of the vasectomized Japanese monkey was well visualized with scanning electron microscope. The fragments of disintegrated spermatozoa were seen in the phase enveloped in bulk by flap-like cytoplasmic extensions or in the phase ingested within the cytoplasm.
D000818:Animals; D004822:Epididymis; D000882:Haplorhini; D008251:Macaca; D008264:Macrophages; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010587:Phagocytosis; D013094:Spermatozoa; D014659:Vasectomy