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Description

Transmission electron micrograph of a rat type II cell, after inhalation of 300 ppm ethoxyethane, but pretty normal looking.

Technical Details

Gender: male
Subspecies: Long evans hooded
Tissue: periperhal
Voltage: 60kv
Stain 1: 1% omium tetroxide
Stain 2: lead citrate and uranyl acetate
Embed: EPON 812
Section: 50-100

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Rattus norvegicus
Cell Type: alveolar type II cell
Cellular Component: lamellar bodies; mitochondria; RER; nucleus; cytoplasm; polysomes; golgi; microvilli; chromatin; condensed chromatin

Attribution

Names: Marian Miller

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL50303
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil50303

Imaging

Image Type: pseudocolored transmission electron micrograph
Image Mode: transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Sample Preparation

Methods: Modified Karnovskys

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	2972px	——
Y	3158px	——