Table 2 Morphological studies on the microvasculature in various tissues and organs with three different methods
TEM | SEM-vc | SEM-rem | |
|---|---|---|---|
Skin | Higgins and Eady [86] | ||
Skeletal muscle | Stingl et al. [87] | Holley and Fahim [88] | |
Muscle fascia | Rhodin [60] | ||
Brain | Nakai et al. [64] Castenholz [65] | Shiraishi et al. [69] Ushiwata and Ushiki [70] | |
Retina | Risco et al. [89] Morrison et al. [90] Yoneya et al. [91] | Murakami et al. [97] | |
Strial vessel/inner ear | Nagai et al. [98] | ||
Dental pulp | Zhang et al. [99] Iijima and Zhang [100] | ||
Heart | Sherf et al. [61] He et al. [66] | Anderson and Anderson [63] Tsunenari [67] | Higuchi et al. [68] |
Lung | Lane et al. [101] Sasaki et al. [71] | ||
Mammary gland | Fujiwara and Uehara [102] | ||
Small intestine | Anderson and Anderson [63] | Miller et al. [103] | |
Gallbladder | Ohtani et al. [104] | Ohtani et al. [104] | |
Kidney | Sakai and Kriz [72] Elger et al. [73] Hosoyamada and Sakai [74] | ||
Epididymis | Pais and Esperança-Pina [105] | ||
Seminal cord | Polguj et al. [106] | ||
Retrolingual membrane/frog | Berman et al. [107] |