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Microvascular Architecture of Mouse Urinary Bladder Described with Vascular Corrosion Casting, Light Microscopy, SEM, and TEM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2013

Fred E. Hossler ,
Alois Lametschwandtner ,
Race Kao  and
Friederike Finsterbusch
Fred E. Hossler*
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, East Tennessee State University College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
Alois Lametschwandtner
Affiliation:
Department of Organismic Biology, Vascular and Muscle Research Unit, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-4020, Salzburg, Austria
Race Kao
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
Friederike Finsterbusch
Affiliation:
Department of Organismic Biology, Vascular and Muscle Research Unit, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-4020, Salzburg, Austria
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: semtemman@aol.com
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Abstract

The urinary bladder is a unique organ in that its normal function is storage and release of urine, and vasculature in its wall exhibits specialized features designed to accommodate changes in pressure with emptying and filling. Although we have previously described the fine details of the microvasculature of the urinary bladder of the rabbit and dog, information on the fine details of the microvasculature of the mouse bladder were deemed to be of value because of the increasing use of this species in developing genetic models for studying human disorders. The present study shows that many of the special features of the microvasculature of the mouse urinary bladder are similar to those described in the rabbit and dog, including vessel coiling, abundant collateral circulation, arterial sphincters, and a dense mucosal capillary plexus.

Keywords

vascular corrosion castingurinary bladdermousescanning and transmission electron microscopy
Type
Biomedical and Biological Applications
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 19 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 1428 - 1435
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2013 

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