The Arrangement of Endocrine and Exocrine Pancreatic Microcirculation Observed in the Living Rabbit
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- 7 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences
- Vol. 65 (2), 151-158
- https://doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.1980.sp002499
Abstract
1. The microcirculation of the pancreas in the anaesthetized rabbit was examined by in vivo microscopy and micro‐cinephotography. 2. The islets of Langerhans were identified by their appearance following the systemic injection of diphenylthiocarbazone. 3. Arterial injection of Evans blue demonstrated the arrangement of vessels within the pancreas. Blood leaving the islets passed via capillaries into the capillary meshwork; no islet was ever seen to be drained directly by a vein. 4. The significance of this portal arrangement is discussed.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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