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Korean Society of Microscopy (한국현미경학회)
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Study on the Cell Types of Epididymal Epithelium in the Rats

흰쥐 부정소 상피세포의 여러 유형에 관한 연구

  • Cheong, Kyung-Soon (Department of Biology, College of Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Yong-Bin (Department of Biology, College of Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Choi, Chee-Yong (Department of Biology, College of Science, Yonsei University) ;
  • Koh, Ki-Seok (Department of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University) ;
  • Choe, Rim-Soon (Department of Biology, College of Science, Yonsei University)
  • 정경순 (연세대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 박용빈 (연세대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 최치용 (연세대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 고기석 (상지대학교 한의학과) ;
  • 최임순 (연세대학교 이과대학 생물학과)
  • Published : 1990.12.01
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Abstract

Several types of the epithelial cells were classified by ultrastructural observation through transmission electron microscope in the rat epididymis. Ultrastructural studies showed that the principal cells, basal cells and narrow cells are located in all the regions of the epididymis and the light cells are present only in the corpus and cauda epididymis. It was observed that the columnar epithelial cells like the principal cells, light cells and narrow cells contain several secretory vesicles and there are halo cells migrating in the several regions. The basal cells showed the elliptical forms in the caput and corpus region and the global forms in the cauda region.

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