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A scanning electron microscopic study of the liver of the monkey Macaca speciosa

II. Intra- and extrahepatic biliary system

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The bile canalicular network of the monkey was studied by fracturing fixed liver tissue and examination by scanning electron microscopy. Bile canaliculi do not differ remarkably from those described in other species. Their course and luminal diameter vary, depending on their position in the liver lobule. In one specimen the continuity of a canaliculus with a terminal bile ductule (canal of Hering) is presented. Several constrictions occur in this part of the ductular lumen. The interlobular bile duct wall shows two kinds of niches. A single cilium arises from a primary niche. The walls of secondary niches contain numerous primary niches. Simple columnar epithelium lines the common bile duct, the main pancreatic duct and the gallbladder. A common feature is the presence of microplicae on their lateral cell surfaces.

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Das Netzwerk der Gallekanälchen beim Affen wird durch Brechen von fixiertem Lebergewebe sichtbar. Strukturen der Portalfelder und der extrahepatischen Gänge werden durch Schneiden von Gewebe dargestellt. DieGallekanälchenunterscheidensichnichtwesentlich von den bei anderen Spezies beschriebenen. Ihr unterschiedlicher Verlauf und Lumendurchmesser hängen von ihrer intralobulären Lage ab. Die Kontinuität eines Gallekanälchens mit einem Ductulus (Heringscher Kanal) wird in einem Fall dargestellt. Im ductulären Lumen kommen mehrere Konstriktionen vor. Die Wand der interlobulären Gallengänge weist zwei Arten von Nischen auf. Eine Einzelzilie kommt aus den primären Nischen. Sekundäre Nischen bestehen aus mehreren primären Nischen. Einschichtiges hochprismatisches Epithel kleidet den Ductus choledochus, den Ductus pancreaticus und die Gallenblase aus. Ein gemeinsames Merkmal ihrer lateralen Zelloberflächen sind Mikroplicae.

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Vonnahme, F.J. A scanning electron microscopic study of the liver of the monkey Macaca speciosa . Cell Tissue Res. 215, 207–214 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236260

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