Microcirculation in the aggregated lymphoid nodules in pig.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the blood supply of the Peyer's patches in pigs with the already defined rodent one.


METHODS
Pig tissue was used. Injections of india ink, microscopic examination of the histological preparations stained by a haematoxylin - eosin and scanning electron microscopy of the corrosive casts were used for the depiction of the vessels.


RESULTS
A model of the blood microcirculation of PP and its relation to the blood circulation of the small intestine was created. Only the capillaries in the follicles, but not the ascending arterioles as in rats were found.
Kikalova
Katerina
K
Department of Normal Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Hnevotínská 3, Olomouc, 775 15, Czech Republic. kikina@tunw.upol.cz
Charamza
Jiri
J
Kutal
Miroslav
M
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D010581:Peyer's Patches / Q000098:blood supply*; D034421:Sus scrofa