Cell types in the main excretory duct of the submaxillary gland of the rat.
This work is an ultrastructural study of the cells of the excretory duct epithelium of the submaxillary gland of the rat. This epithelium undergoes progressive loss of cytoplasm which leads to the presence of three distinct types of cell.
Gutierrez Marín
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Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina, Sevilla, Spain.
Galera Davidson
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Fernández Sanz
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Dorado Ocaña
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D000818:Animals; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure