title: Three-dimensional reconstruction of goblet cells in the rabbit conjunctivum.
abstract: Goblet cells in the rabbit bulbar conjunctivum were not real "goblet," but were variable in shape. The diversity of the morphology became evident by means of computer-aided three-dimensional reconstruction. All of the cells reconstructed (N = 5) were in touch with the basal lamina, and were open to the epithelial surface. Their cytoplasm was filled with secretory granules (about 71% of the cellular volume, in average), while the nucleus occupied only 5.3%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fine Morphology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirosawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasamatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011817:Rabbits