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Vascular Architecture Of The Liver In Shr And Wky Rats, Charalette Mathwig, Kenneth Willaert
Vascular Architecture Of The Liver In Shr And Wky Rats, Charalette Mathwig, Kenneth Willaert
Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato
The liver is a highly complex vascular organ containing an intricate network of arteries, arterioles, portal veins, veins, venules, and capillaries. This complex network could change in situations related to vascular disease such as hypertension. We examined the vasculature in rat livers by scanning electron microscopy. The tissue was prepared by perfusing either Mercox resin or polyurethane resin into the vasculature. Once the resin polymerized, each liver was placed in concentrated potassium hydroxide to corrode the tissue from the vascular casts. The casts were critical point dried, sputter coated with gold-palladium, and viewed by scanning electron microscopy. Examination of the …