Ultrastructure of human intramuscular blood vessels in development. 1979

G Minguetti, and W G Mair

Muscles from human foetuses of nine weeks to nine months development were examined by electron microscopy. Capillaries, arteries and veins are frequent in the human foetal muscle at all stages of development. At nine weeks the vessels have the appearance of capillaries and basement membrane lies around the endothelial cells forming them. The capillaries are of continuous type which do not have apertures in their walls. Tight junctions are seen at some zones of adjacent endothelial cells of the capillaries. Sometimes, pericytes are also seen. At sixteen weeks vessels having the features of veins and of arteries can be identified between the muscle cells. Regarding the arteries, some of the endothelial cells are united to the smooth muscle cells and the intimal elastic lamina is interrupted where these cells approximate. The significance of this junction may be to anchor the intima to the media.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
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
D009132 Muscles Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals. Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D001808 Blood Vessels Any of the tubular vessels conveying the blood (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins). Blood Vessel,Vessel, Blood,Vessels, Blood
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
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001158 Arteries The vessels carrying blood away from the heart. Artery

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