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Capillary Supply During Development of Individual Regenerating Muscle Fibers
Author(s) -
Luque E.,
Peña J.,
Martin P.,
Jimena I.,
Vaamonde R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1995.tb00016.x
Subject(s) - capillary action , regeneration (biology) , fiber , muscle fibre , anatomy , chemistry , materials science , skeletal muscle , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , composite material , organic chemistry
Summary This study describes the capillary supply of individual regenerating muscle fiber during three stages of its development. Regeneration was induced by the injection of mepivacaine in the anterior tibial muscle of rats. Muscle fiber capillarization during regeneration was analysed in semithin sections, employing the following parameters: the number of capillaries around a fiber and the number of capillaries per fiber cross‐sectional area. The results revealed that during development of regenerating fibers, the fiber cross‐sectional area increased, the number of capillaries around each fiber increased and the number of capillaries per fiber cross‐sectional area decreased. These data indicated a greater capillary supply of the individual regenerating muscle fiber during its early stage of maturation.