The pecten oculi of the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) has been examined by light and electron microscopy. The pecten in this species is of the pleated type and is small in comparison to the size of the eyeball. It consists of 7-8 accordion folds which are joined apically by a pigmented bridge of tissue. Within each fold are numerous capillaries, larger supply and drainage vessels and plen...

The dimensioning of injection heads for the extrusion of rubber profiles is exclusively based on empiric knowledge of the non-linear flow behaviour of elastomers. Thus, the design of injection heads is carried out with subject to the used rubber blend, whereas the geometry of the appropriate profile is achieved by empiric adaptation of the extrusion die. This was one of the motivations for a re...

BURTON, K.. S., AND P. C. JOHNSON. Reactive hyperemia in individual capillaries of skeletal muscle. Am. J. Physiol. 223 (3) : 517-524. 1972.-Red cell velocity profiles in individual capillaries were studied in the sartorius muscle of the cat during reactive hyperemia using a dual-slit photometric system. The velocity profiles varied considerably from each other and from the simultaneously measu...

Abstract Two major obstacles in brain cancer treatment are the blood-tumor barrier (BTB) and quiescent tumor cells. Here we show that Sox2+ cells directly project cellular processes to ensheathe capillaries medulloblastoma (MB), a process depends on mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2. MB develops tissue stiffness gradient as function of distance capillaries. perceive substrate sustain local in...

Recent studies show that acute and chronic hyperglycemia cause a diffuse decrease in regional cerebral blood flow and that chronic hyperglycemia decreases the brain L-glucose space. Since these changes can be caused by a decreased density of perfused brain capillaries, we used 30 adult male Wistar rats to study the effect of acute and chronic hyperglycemia on 1) the brain intravascular space us...