Angioarchitecture of the anterior and medium parts of the palatine mucosa of the gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus.
The aim of this study was to examine the microvasculature of the anterior and medium portions of the hard palatine mucosa in the adult gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) using scanning electron microscopy. The vascular corrosion casts were obtained by injection of Mercox CL-2B synthetic resin and tissue corrosion was performed using sodium hydroxide solution. These casts revealed the presence of capillary loops in the palatine plicae and a smoother/flatter vascular network in the interplicae areas. The capillary loops consisted mainly of anteriorly oriented hair-pins and we also verified a differentiation in the shape of endothelial cell nuclei, which were elongated in arterial and circular in venous vessels.
Alves e Silva
Micena Roberta Miranda
MR
Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, Brazil.
da Silva
Marcelo Cavenaghi Pereira
MC
Watanabe
Ii-sei
IS
Mizusaki
Cristina Ioshie
CI
König Júnior
Bruno
B
D000818:Animals; D005849:Gerbillinae; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply*; D010159:Palate / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply*