A scanning electron microscopy morphometric study of the rabbit peritoneal surface.

Rabbit peritoneum was studied by SEM to obtain information and statistically meaningful morphometric data of different sites of visceral and parietal peritoneum and to verify the existence of "stomata." Samples were fixed by intraperitoneal infusion of glutaraldehyde, and were photographed by SEM under standard conditions. Morphometric data were obtained by Kontron MOP Videoplan.