The distribution of carbonic anhydrase (CA) and Na+/K+-ATPase was studied histochemically in the pecten of the fowl by light and electron microscopy. No Na+/K+-ATPase activity was seen by the method used here. CA staining was seen in the membranes of the apical and basal microvilli of the endothelial cells, while the cytoplasm took no stain. There were no staining differences between the capillaries of the different regions of the pecten. Only the capillaries of the bridge showed no microvilli and no staining. Neither did arterioles and venules which lacked microvilli stain. The functional significance of the association of CA activity and microvilli is not clear.
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