Microvascular architecture of the enamel organ of the upper major incisor in the rabbit. 1990

S Okada, and Y Ohta, and K Nishimura, and J Matsushita, and M Nakamura
Department of Anatomy, Osaka Dental University, Japan.

The ultrastructure of the ameloblasts in the rabbit major incisor was investigated previously by Okada (1983) and the amelogenetic process was classified into six zones/stages. The present paper deals with changes in the microvascular architecture and ultrastructure of the blood capillaries in proportion to the amelogenetic process in the upper major incisor of the rabbit utilizing the acryl plastic injection method. Three different vascular layers were observed in the periodontal spaces of the major incisor of the rabbit. The inner vascular network consisted of a capillary network supplying the enamel organ and its meshes have vigorously changed during the amelogenesis. The capillary network was observed to be in the shape of a ladder with a continuous wall in the proliferation zone, to appear as round meshes with a fenestrated wall in the differentiation zone, as polygonal meshes with abundant fenestrations in the secretion zone, as ovoid meshes with fenestrations in the early maturation zone, and finally as coarse and avoid meshes with a continuous wall again in the late maturation and regression zones. In the intermediate layer, arterioles and venules were located close to the capillary network, and the arterioles were derived from the short and long branches of the anterior superior alveolar artery. In the outer layer, a sinusoid network was observed to be in contact with the alveolar wall and received blood from the capillary network as well as venous vessels in the alveolar bone. The ladder-shaped capillary network mentioned above was thought to represent an intermediate form towards the succeeding zone, in which the round meshes may be suitable for supplying the nutrient elements that are needed in the differentiation of the inner enamel epithelial cells. The polygonal and ovoid meshes may be favorable for the transport of various necessary metabolic materials that are involved in the enamel ground substance formation and calcium deposition within a very short period.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007180 Incisor Any of the eight frontal teeth (four maxillary and four mandibular) having a sharp incisal edge for cutting food and a single root, which occurs in man both as a deciduous and a permanent tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p820) Incisors
D008833 Microcirculation The circulation of the BLOOD through the MICROVASCULAR NETWORK. Microvascular Blood Flow,Microvascular Circulation,Blood Flow, Microvascular,Circulation, Microvascular,Flow, Microvascular Blood,Microvascular Blood Flows,Microvascular Circulations
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D008855 Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Microscopy in which the object is examined directly by an electron beam scanning the specimen point-by-point. The image is constructed by detecting the products of specimen interactions that are projected above the plane of the sample, such as backscattered electrons. Although SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY also scans the specimen point by point with the electron beam, the image is constructed by detecting the electrons, or their interaction products that are transmitted through the sample plane, so that is a form of TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. Scanning Electron Microscopy,Electron Scanning Microscopy,Electron Microscopies, Scanning,Electron Microscopy, Scanning,Electron Scanning Microscopies,Microscopies, Electron Scanning,Microscopies, Scanning Electron,Microscopy, Electron Scanning,Microscopy, Scanning Electron,Scanning Electron Microscopies,Scanning Microscopies, Electron,Scanning Microscopy, Electron
D011817 Rabbits A burrowing plant-eating mammal with hind limbs that are longer than its fore limbs. It belongs to the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, and in contrast to hares, possesses 22 instead of 24 pairs of chromosomes. Belgian Hare,New Zealand Rabbit,New Zealand Rabbits,New Zealand White Rabbit,Rabbit,Rabbit, Domestic,Chinchilla Rabbits,NZW Rabbits,New Zealand White Rabbits,Oryctolagus cuniculus,Chinchilla Rabbit,Domestic Rabbit,Domestic Rabbits,Hare, Belgian,NZW Rabbit,Rabbit, Chinchilla,Rabbit, NZW,Rabbit, New Zealand,Rabbits, Chinchilla,Rabbits, Domestic,Rabbits, NZW,Rabbits, New Zealand,Zealand Rabbit, New,Zealand Rabbits, New,cuniculus, Oryctolagus
D002196 Capillaries The minute vessels that connect arterioles and venules. Capillary Beds,Sinusoidal Beds,Sinusoids,Bed, Sinusoidal,Beds, Sinusoidal,Capillary,Capillary Bed,Sinusoid,Sinusoidal Bed
D004658 Enamel Organ Epithelial cells surrounding the dental papilla and differentiated into three layers: the inner enamel epithelium, consisting of ameloblasts which eventually form the enamel, and the enamel pulp and external enamel epithelium, both of which atrophy and disappear before and upon eruption of the tooth, respectively. Enamel Organs,Organ, Enamel,Organs, Enamel
D000179 Acrylates Derivatives of acrylic acid (the structural formula CH2
D000565 Ameloblasts Cylindrical epithelial cells in the innermost layer of the ENAMEL ORGAN. Their functions include contribution to the development of the dentinoenamel junction by the deposition of a layer of the matrix, thus producing the foundation for the prisms (the structural units of the DENTAL ENAMEL), and production of the matrix for the enamel prisms and interprismatic substance. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992) Ameloblast
D000566 Amelogenesis The elaboration of dental enamel by ameloblasts, beginning with its participation in the formation of the dentino-enamel junction to the production of the matrix for the enamel prisms and interprismatic substance. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992). Amelogeneses

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