PMID: 3768522Oct 1, 1986Paper

Unusual structure of the biliary system in the liver of the grass carp and the silver carp

Biulleten' eksperimental'noĭ biologii i meditsiny
M M Kalashnikova, N I Kazanskaia

Abstract

It is known that the bile canaliculus in the liver of almost all vertebrates is made up of membranes of two or more adjacent liver cells. Studying the liver cell ultrastructure of lasting and fed grass carp and silver carp, it was demonstrated that a bile canaliculus is formed by deep invagination of a cell membrane of one hepatocyte. The membrane forms microvilli along the bile canaliculus. The bile canaliculus is seen in the centre of liver cell cytoplasm on the cross section and stretches from the centre of the liver cell cytoplasm to the cell membrane on the longitudinal section. The bile canaliculus is connected with a small duct cell, which is distinct from a liver cell in its small size, little amount of cell organelles and the presence of cytoplasmic filaments. The terminal part of the biliary tract consists of one liver cell and one bile duct cell. The part of the tract adjacent to the terminal one is composed of two or three small bile duct cells devoid of basal membrane. Thus, the liver parenchyma is constituted of a net of numerous bile ducts. In the portal tract, there is a large bile duct, consisting of 12-13 bile duct cells, surrounded by basal membrane and connective tissue cells.

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Jan 22, 1965·Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie·T YAMAMOTO

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Jan 29, 2010·Developmental Dynamics : an Official Publication of the American Association of Anatomists·Kristin LorentMichael Pack

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