Surface ultrastructure of human ependyma.
Specimens of human ependyma obtained immediately after death were immersion-fixed and studied with a scanning electron microscope. Human ependyma is nearly identical in its surface ultrastructural features to the ependyma of other mammals.
D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004805:Ependyma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male