Three-dimensional reconstruction of goblet cells in the rabbit conjunctivum |
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| Authors: | K Hirosawa Y Kasamatsu T Shiraishi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Fine Morphology, University of Tokyo, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | 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%. |
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