RETICULAR FIBERS – 2
The spleen is rich in reticular fibers.
They can be distinguished in light microscopy after treatment of sections with the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) technique.
The spleen has an extensive set of blood capillaries with dilated and irregular lumens, called sinusoids (that exist also in some other organs).
In the spleen and other sites the sinusoids are supported by a net of reticular fibers that surround their walls, as if they were the arches that surround a wooden barrel, holding the the wall structure together.
Move the cursor over the image or click on it to highlight some of the reticular fibers surrounding two sinusoids in light blue. The lumen of each sinusoid is highlighted in light brown.
They can be distinguished in light microscopy after treatment of sections with the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) technique.
The spleen has an extensive set of blood capillaries with dilated and irregular lumens, called sinusoids (that exist also in some other organs).
In the spleen and other sites the sinusoids are supported by a net of reticular fibers that surround their walls, as if they were the arches that surround a wooden barrel, holding the the wall structure together.
Move the cursor over the image or click on it to highlight some of the reticular fibers surrounding two sinusoids in light blue. The lumen of each sinusoid is highlighted in light brown.
