Stereologic evaluation of granular pneumocyte lamellar bodies in different species.
Lamellar bodies in individual pulmonary glanular pneumocytes in the species examined (mouse, rat, rabbit, and dog) have virtually the same volume density with respect to the cytoplasmic volume as estimated by stereological techniques. The surface-to-volume ratio for these structures also fail to show any interspecies variation in these species.
D000818:Animals; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009940:Organoids / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013499:Surface Properties