The microvascular bed of the rat mesocecum has been examined in vivo using differential interference (Nomarski) optics and subsequently by electron microscopy. The preferential channel, from terminal arteriole to collecting venule, has been examined. In the terminal arteriolar segment the endothelial layer is covered by a continuous layer of smooth muscle cells which, in turn, are surrounded by adventitia.
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November 1969
1. Certain afferent fibres in the renal nerves show an increased rate of discharge in response to small increases in renal vein pressure and to substantial increases of ureteral pressure. Such fibres enter the spinal cord largely through the upper lumbar dorsal roots.
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