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Elastic system fibers (oxytalan, elaunin and elastic fibers) in the skin of a freshwater teleost : optical and electron microscopy study. 1980

S Ferri

The oxytalan, elaunin and elastic fibers which represent a system of connective tissue fibers -- the elastic system (ESP) -- were studied in the dermis of a teleost by optical and electron microscopy. The oxytalan fibers were identified at the dermo-epidermal junction. They are bound, by one of their extremities to the basal lamina, and by the other are in continuity with elaunin fibers. The elaunin fibers cross the entire stratum compactum perpendicularly and in the deeper zone are interconnected to other elaunin fibers. Thick elastic fibers, forming an apparent continuous layer were observed between the stratum compactum and the stratum spongiosum. The ultrastructural characteristics and functional properties of the ESF are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
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
D004547	Elastic Tissue	Connective tissue comprised chiefly of elastic fibers. Elastic fibers have two components: ELASTIN and MICROFIBRILS.	Elastic Fibers,Elastic Fiber,Elastic Tissues,Fiber, Elastic,Fibers, Elastic,Tissue, Elastic,Tissues, Elastic
D005260	Female		Females
D005399	Fishes	A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton, and elongated bodies covered with scales.
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
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.