A STUDY OF THE FINE STRUCTURE OF CILIATED EPITHELIA
A STUDY OF THE FINE STRUCTURE OF CILIATED EPITHELIA
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DOI:
10.1002/jmor.1050940202
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发表时间:
1954-01-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
PORTER, KR
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作者:
FAWCETT, DW;PORTER, KR
In this study thin sections of ciliated epithelia from lamellibranchs, amphibians and mammals were examined by electron microscopy. Throughout this range of animal forms, cilia exhibited the same internal structure consisting of 11 longitudinal filaments embedded in a homogeneous matrix and enclosed in an extension of the cell membrane. In cross section the cut ends of 2 of the filaments are situated in the center and the other 9 are evenly spaced in a circle around them. In mollusks and amphibians these filaments end at the base of the cilium which is marked by a distinct transverse plate; in mammals they seem to continue into the basal corpuscle. The basal corpuscles are asymmetrical in shape, and their orienta-tion appears to bear a constant relation to the direction of ciliary beat. In lamellibranchs 2 well-developed rootlets arise from each basal corpuscle, in amphibia the rootlets are single and smaller, and in mammals they are rudimentary. The ciliary rootlets are demonstrated for the first time to have a regular cross striation. These fibers differ in periodicity and in their intraperiod structure from the various types of intra- and extracellular fibers descr. before. Electron micrographs are presented to illustrate these details of fine structure and other features of ciliated epithelia.