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Correlative transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of rabbit cornea.


Citation

Othman, Fauziah and Masrudin, Siti Saleha and Abd Ghafar, Norzana and Rahmat, Asmah and Saim, Aminuddin and Idrus, Ruszymah (2010) Correlative transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of rabbit cornea. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 4 (1). pp. 50-57. ISSN 1823-7010

Abstract

The present work was carried out to study the organization of rabbit cornea. The transparent nature of the normal cornea was very important to give the understanding of the cornea in health and disease state. The ultrastructural features of the cornea were obtained by transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The epithelial surface of the cornea composed of microvilli and microplicae. In the Bowman's membrane, the individual collagen fibrils were interwoven densely to form a felt-like sheet, while in the stroma, the collagen fibrils ran abreast in lamellae. In the innermost stromal region adjacent to Descemet's membrane, collagen fibrils were oriented in various directions and interlaced, forming loose fibrillar networks. The endothelial layer is a single cell layer and apically-localized below the Descemet's membrane. This present work will be a standard reference for future research pertaining to cornea particularly cornea tissue engineering.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords: Rabbit cornea; Transmission electron microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Cornea tissue engineering.
Depositing User: Raja Norazlinda Raja Azenam
Date Deposited: 09 Sep 2014 08:46
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2014 08:46
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13809
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