Three-dimensional reconstruction of goblet cells in the rabbit conjunctivum.
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%.
Hirosawa
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Department of Fine Morphology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Kasamatsu
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Shiraishi
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D000818:Animals; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011817:Rabbits