| Study of the structure of the air and blood capillaries of the gas exchange tissue of the avian lung by serial section three-dimensional reconstruction. | |
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PMID: 18387043 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We have previously reconstructed the gas exchange tissue of the adult muscovy duck, Cairina moschata using a method of manually aligning sections and tracing the contours of the components of the gas exchange tissue. This reconstruction method demonstrated that the air capillaries are comprised of an expanded globular part interconnected by narrow air channels. The blood capillaries completely surround the air capillaries forming an anastomosing meshwork of short segments. However, the resulting reconstruction was limited in scope because of the laborious process of tracing the profiles of each component through the sequence of micrographs. We have now reconstructed a larger proportion of the exchange tissue by using a cross-correlation based alignment strategy and have demonstrated that the staining intensity of each of the exchange tissue components is sufficiently different to allow them to be identified by simple filtering and thresholding. The resulting reconstructions sample a much larger proportion of the exchange tissue and demonstrate the heterogeneity of structures from different locations in the parabronchus. We have shown that a sheet-flow-type arrangement of blood capillaries surrounds the infundibulum; this represents an unexpected functional convergence with the arrangement of blood capillaries surrounding the mammalian alveoli. It is feasible, using this reconstruction strategy, to analyse the exchange tissue of a large number of avian species in order to determine structural correlates of function. The resulting reconstructions could be analysed in order to determine the basis of the functional efficiency and rigidity of the avian lung. |
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Authors:
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J D Woodward; J N Maina |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of microscopy Volume: 230 ISSN: 1365-2818 ISO Abbreviation: J Microsc Publication Date: 2008 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-04 Completed Date: 2008-05-06 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0204522 Medline TA: J Microsc Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 84-93 Citation Subset: IM |
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School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa. |
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Animals Anseriformes Capillaries / anatomy & histology* Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods* Lung / anatomy & histology* Microscopy / methods* |
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