Scanning Electron Microscopy of Vascular Casts: Methods and Applications

✍ Scribed by Prof. Alois Lametschwandtner (auth.), Pietro M. Motta M.D., Ph.D., Takuro Murakami M.D., Ph.D., Hisao Fujita M.D., Ph.D. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 384
• Series: Electron Microscopy in Biology and Medicine 10
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Recently, attention has been called to the role that microvascular organization plays in the functional morphology of all organs and tissues, both in normal and pathological conditions.
Since its development by Murakami, the corrosion cast method for scanning electron microscopy has come to be considered one of the most efficient means in clarifying the three-dimensional features of the microcirculation of organs and tissues. Scanning Electron Microscopyof Vascular Casts: Methods and Applications was planned to supply fundamental and new information regarding microcirculation studies to general biologists, anatomists, pathologists and clinicians.
The contributions to this volume, contain original findings and excellent electron micrographs obtained by using recently improved corrosion cast methods.
The rich variety of papers in this book will be useful to many, and will provide both the basic and clinically oriented readers with good ideas, suggestions, and original and worthwhile information.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Historical Review and Technical Survey of Vascular Casting and Scanning Electron Microscopy....Pages 1-11
Routine Methods for Vascular Casting and SEM....Pages 13-25
Microvascular Corrosion Casting in Angiogenesis Research....Pages 27-37
Corrosion Cast Technique Applied to Lymphatic Pathways....Pages 39-51
Blood and Lymphatic Microvascular Organization of the Digestive Tract....Pages 53-69
Three-Dimensional Architecture of Blood, Lymphatic, and Biliary Pathways in the Liver by SEM of Corrosion Casts....Pages 71-82
Morphological Features of Absorbing Peripheral Lymphatic Vessels Studied by TEM, SEM, and Three-Dimensional Models....Pages 83-98
Relationship of Blood Microvasculature to Structure and Function in Lymphoid Tissue....Pages 99-109
Open and Closed Circulation in the Spleen as Evidenced by SEM of Vascular Casts....Pages 111-122
The Lung Microstructure....Pages 123-137
Postnatal Development and Growth of the Pulmonary Microvasculature....Pages 139-156
Microvasculature of Bone and Bone Marrow....Pages 157-169
Pericyte Topography of the Microvasculature of Skeletal Muscle: Correlated Analysis of Corrosion Casts and KOH-Digested Specimens....Pages 171-180
Blood Vascular Casting in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle....Pages 181-197
Vasculature of the Carotid Body as Observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy of Vascular Casts....Pages 199-204
Organization and Age-Related Changes of the Rat Hypophyseal Blood Vascular Plexuses and Portal Vessels as Observed by the Injection Replica SEM Method....Pages 205-220
Blood Vascular Casts of the Thyroid Gland in Normal and Experimental Conditions....Pages 221-229
Blood Vascular Beds of Rabbit Uterus and Oviduct: A Study of Corrosion Casts by Scanning Electron Microscopy....Pages 231-243
The Ovary: Three-Dimensional Morphodynamics of the Luteo-Follicular Complex by SEM of Vascular Corrosion Casts and Other EM Techniques....Pages 245-259
Structural and Functional Aspects of Placental Microvasculature Studied from Corrosion Casts....Pages 261-277
Three-Dimensional Microvascular Architecture of the Testis and Excurrent Duct System Studied by Corrosion Casting-Scanning Electron Microscopy....Pages 279-292
Blood Vessels of the Eye and their Changes in Diabetes....Pages 293-311
Effects of Antigen Stimulation and Irradiation on the Blood Vascular System of Murine Lymph Nodes....Pages 313-329
The Fundamental Vascular Structures in Epithelial Cancer Demonstrated in an Experimental Lung Carcinoma....Pages 331-344
Angiomorphology of the Human Larynx and Renal Carcinoma a Comparative Study....Pages 345-361
Interpretation of Endothelial Structure Related to Tumor and Atherosclerotic Blood Vessels....Pages 363-379
Back Matter....Pages 381-390

✦ Subjects

Anatomy; Gynecology; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials