Sarcolemma of skeletal muscle prepared by a quick-freeze deep-etch method also shows the basement membrane (lamina externa, labeled here as the basal lamina) associated with the muscle fiber. This me...

Collagen fibrils in the basal plate of Fundulus heteroclitus scales. The basal plate is made of thick collagen fibrils about 100 nm in diameter, which are organized into a plywood-like structure. Note...

Collagen fibrils and mineralization in the external layer of Fundulus heteroclitus scale. The external layer is the second of three layers closest to the dermis of an elasmoid. It is composed of thin ...

Quick-frozen deep-etched preparation of skeletal muscle tissue shows the muscle fiber and associated extracellular components. The basement membrane (labeled basal lamina) lies adjacent to the undulat...

Electron micrograph of a nerve from the mesentery of a rat shows groups of unmyelinated axons wrapped by deeply invaginating Schwann cells in cross section. Surrounding the Schwann cell wrapping is a ...

Transmission electron micrograph showing collagen fibrils exhibiting focal swelling and loss of periodic cross banding in the trabecular meshwork of a person with glaucoma. The trabecular meshwork is ...

Transmission electron micrograph showing collagen fibrils in longitudinal view from a patient with glaucoma. The a-e banding is visualized by uranyl acetate staining of charged amino acid residues in ...

This section of Conchophthirus is at the edge of the cortex showing the striated fibers and microtubules that attach to ciliated basal bodies. In particular, enlarged glancing longitudinal views of bo...

This section of Conchophthirus is at the edge of the cortex showing the striated fibers and microtubules that attach to ciliated basal bodies. In particular, enlarged glancing longitudinal views of bo...

Schwann cells in peripheral nerves secrete a layer similar to the basal lamina called the lamina externa, boundary layer, or basement membrane. In this micrograph, the lamina externa surrounds the Sc...