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On the calibre of the ureteric lumen. 1978

A D Hoyes, and P Barber

The cross sectional appearances of the lumen of rat ureter were compared in specimens fixed by perfusion and by immersion and processed for electron microscopy. After efficient perfusion fixation in untreated animals, and in animals previously injected with 6-hydroxydopamine, there was substantial dilatation of the ureter, and the lumen was approximately circular in section. In inadequately perfused and immersion-fixed material the lumen was usually narrowed, and was either slit-like or stellate in appearance. Ultrastructural examination indicated that closure of the lumen was accompanied by the development in the cells of the muscle coat of the features usually associated with contraction, and the possibility that the appearance of the ureter in well perfused specimens approximated to its state in vivo was discussed.

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
D010477	Perfusion	Treatment process involving the injection of fluid into an organ or tissue.	Perfusions
D004848	Epithelium	The layers of EPITHELIAL CELLS which cover the inner and outer surfaces of the cutaneous, mucus, and serous tissues and glands of the body.	Mesothelium,Epithelial Tissue,Mesothelial Tissue,Epithelial Tissues,Mesothelial Tissues,Tissue, Epithelial,Tissue, Mesothelial,Tissues, Epithelial,Tissues, Mesothelial
D005260	Female		Females
D006892	Hydroxydopamines	Dopamines with a hydroxy group substituted in one or more positions.	Hydroxydopamine
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014513	Ureter	One of a pair of thick-walled tubes that transports urine from the KIDNEY PELVIS to the URINARY BLADDER.	Ureters
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus