THE ANATOMY AND HISTOCHEMISTRY OF THE ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS IN HUMAN DIGITAL SKIN
THE ANATOMY AND HISTOCHEMISTRY OF THE ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS IN HUMAN DIGITAL SKIN
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DOI:
10.1038/jid.1956.85
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发表时间:
1956-01-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
MORETTI, G
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作者:
MESCON, H;HURLEY, HJ;MORETTI, G
The arteriovenous anastomoses (AVA) in human digital skin were studied by means of injection, histological and histochemical techniques. The descriptions reported in the literature were confirmed. In addition the AVA smooth muscle was stained metachromatically in toluidine blue; this reaction was not shown by arteriolar smooth muscle. A diastase-resistant Schiff positive staining was seen in the AVA subendothelium and alkaline phosphatase in the lumen of all vessels. Specific cholinesterase was found only in the loose collagenous reticulum surrounding the AVA. Epithelial cells showed positive staining for protein-bound sulfhydryl, clycogen, and acid phosphatase. In the AVA the first was uncertainly present; glycogen, and acid phosphatalase were absent. It appears that the so-called "epithelioid" cells of the AVA have no chemical affinities with true epithelium. Perhaps for this reason the word "epithelioid" should be dropped even as a descriptive term, and also because Popoff found in serial sections that the so-called "epithelioid" cells were actually cross sections of large vascular smooth muscle cells. It is conjectured that because of the absence of elastic membranes, the AVA can close completely. In the absence of the elastic membranes, however, over-distention of the dilated AVA (which could impede subsequent constriction) is probably prevented by the turgor of large vascular smooth muscle cells. Because of the rapidity of the blood flow, the glomi are not point sources of heat; instead, they permit rapid flooding of the venous plexuses which provide a surface for uniform heat diffusion and temperature change over a local area.