Abstract
The purpose of the study was to assess spatial separation of goblet cell orifices observed at the surface of the rabbit bulbar conjunctiva by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) specimens of the bulbar conjunctiva from 8 healthy pigmented rabbits were obtained using a special preparation technique by which the tissue was carefully stretched out during glutaraldehyde fixation. On high magnification prints of SEM images of the conjunctival surface, the locations of goblet cell openings (orifices) to the apical surface were marked and the centre-to-centre spacing between all such orifices measured.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 241-248 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Tissue and Cell |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2014 |
Keywords
- morphology
- goblet cells
- cytology
- conjunctiva
- microscopy