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Identification of elastic tissue in human skin viewed in the scanning electron microscope
Author(s) -
Hunter John A. A.,
Finlay Bryan
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1973.tb03802.x
Subject(s) - scanning electron microscope , electron microscope , transmission electron microscopy , materials science , scanning transmission electron microscopy , conventional transmission electron microscope , electron , core (optical fiber) , scanning confocal electron microscopy , microscopy , optics , amorphous solid , chemistry , composite material , crystallography , physics , nanotechnology , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY Elastic tissue has been identified in the scanning electron microscope by two independent methods. In one case specifically stained fibres were examined by both light and scanning electron microscopy and in the other chemically purified elastic fibres from ligamentum nuchae were studied. Elastic fibres above 2 μm diameter were found to have a central amorphous core and an irregularly corrugated and undulating outer surface. This model is in good agreement with that proposed on the basis of previous transmission electron microscopic studies.