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Description

Figure 316 from Chapter 13 (Cilia and Flagella) of 'The Cell' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. The differences in size and shape of cilia and microvilli are well illustrated by scanning micrographs of the lumenal surface of the epithelium lining the mammalian oviduct. The tufts of cilia associated with individual ciliated cells project several microns above the convex apices of nonciliated cells covered with short microvilli. The number of ciliated cells in this epithelium is under hormonal control by estrogens. A copy of the chapter is available on the ASCB's BioEDUCATE website.

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Homo sapiens
Cell Type: ciliated epithelial cell; oviduct epithielial cell
Cellular Component: cilium; microvillus

Biological Context

Biological Process: cilia organization; microvillus organization
Human Development Anatomy: homo sapiens

Attribution

Names: Don W. Fawcett; Gaddum-Rosse; Blandau; Tiersch
Published: Am. J. Anat. 138:269-275, 1973
Published: ISBN 0721635849
Link: http://www.ascb.org/bioeducate/FawcettTheCell...

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL11618
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil11618

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Imaging

Image Type: scanning electron microscopy (SEM); illumination by electrons
Image Mode: secondary_electron imaging; film
Parameters Imaged: secondary electron generation; secondary_electron imaging
Source of Contrast: coherent illumination; secondary electron generation
Visualization Methods: shadowing and plating
Processing History: recorded image; film; Scanned print from negative
Data Qualifiers: processed data

Sample Preparation

Methods: glutaraldehyde fixed tissue; osmium tetroxide fixed tissue; critical_point dried specimen; whole mounted tissue; shadowing and plating
Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

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