Fawcett, Don W.; Jones, Roy (2021). CIL:11638, Oryctolagus cuniculus, epithelial cell, of the testis. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J09S1PV1

Figure 325 from Chapter 13 (Cilia and Flagella) of 'The Cell' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Histologists using the light microscope recognized a category of epithelial cell processes which had the appearance of cilia but showed no motility. These were called stereocilia to distinguish them from the motile form, or kinocilia. The stereocilia have a rather limited distribution, being found on the epididymal epithelium of mammals, and in certain sense organs, notably the organ of Corti, the crista ampullaris, maculautriculi, and macula sacculi of the mammalian inner ear; the lateral line organs of fish; and the sensilla of insects. Stereocilia in the mammalian epididymis are slender, flexible processes resembling unusually long microvilli, but they are more variable in their orientation and less closely packed than the microvilli of a brush border. They are assumed to be a device for amplifying the surface of this absorptive epithelium. A copy of the chapter is available on the ASCB's BioEDUCATE website.

• 2021

• Fawcett, Don W.
• Jones, Roy

Preparation: glutaraldehyde fixed tissue; osmium tetroxide fixed tissue; tissue in epoxy resin embedment; microtome-sectioned tissue
Relation to intact cell: microtome-sectioned tissue
Item type: transmission electron microscopy (TEM); illumination by electrons
Imaging mode: detection of electrons; film
Parameter imaged: electron density
Source of contrast: stain with broad specificity
Visualization methods: stain with broad specificity; osmium tetroxide; uranyl salt; lead salt
Processing history: recorded image; film; Scanned print from negative
Data qualification: Processed

• Cell Image Library Group ID: 9787

• Oryctolagus cuniculus

• Epithelial cell
• Stereocilium
• Testis

• Stereocilium organization

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 11638

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J09S1PV1

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL11638

Other resource

• Fawcett, Don W. "The Cell." 2nd ed., W.B. Saunders, 1981, ISBN 0721635849. https://www.ascb.org/career-development/teaching/don-fawcetts-the-cell/

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