ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Embryonic development
;
Ventricular myocardium
;
Transverse and axial tubules
;
Guinea pig
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Developing transverse (T) tubules are found in embryonic guinea pig ventricular myocardium after approximately eight weeks of gestation. By the time of birth (nine weeks total gestation), longitudinally-oriented axial tubules connected to the T tubules also have formed, and the majority of cells closely resemble those of the adult. The form taken by the developing T and axial tubules suggests that they are generated in a manner similar to that for T tubules in chick and rat skeletal muscle, namely by repeated formation of caveolae.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00215127
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