Gross Morphological Features of the Organ Surface Primo-Vascular System Revealed by Hemacolor Staining
Figure 7
The properties of putative MCs of PVS and granules. (A) Classification of putative MCs of the PVS based on the degranulation condition. Note that the granules from a1 (typical) to a4 were increasingly degranulated; the granule size was about 1 μm (inset of a4). (B) Continuous still image of granules in motion inside an MC. Note that arrowheads point to the granule that exhibits spontaneous vibrating movements on the right upper side. (C) Continuous still image of a granule with motility. Note that the granule displayed continuous vibrating movements and appeared as two divided granules for a moment (0.6 sec). This microscopy was performed on a live putative MC without any staining, which is described in the materials and methods section. The crossing points (B) and (C) of the two dotted lines indicate the location of the granule at . Selected frames from digital video recordings are presented.
