Microscopic Anatomy

Microscopic Anatomy is the branch of anatomy that investigates the microscopic structure of tissues and organs through systematic examination of their organizational relationships.

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466

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Anatomy

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Basement MembraneCell StructureConnective TissueCytologyElectron MicroscopyEpithelial TissueExtracellular MatrixGlandular TissueLight MicroscopyLymphoid Tissue

Publications

12.3K

JUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES IN VARIOUS EPITHELIA

Marilyn G. Farquhar, George E. Palade · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1963 · 3.6K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Anatomy, Cell Biology +17

Muscle Fiber Types: How Many and What Kind?

Michael H. Brooke, Kenneth K. Kaiser · Archives of Neurology · 1970 · 2.2K citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Pathology +16

SPIDER and WEB: Processing and Visualization of Images in 3D Electron Microscopy and Related Fields

Joachim Frank, Michael Radermacher, Pawel A. Penczek et al. · Journal of Structural Biology · 1996 · 2.1K citations

Computing, Cell Biology, Visualization +12

PRACTICAL STEREOLOGICAL METHODS FOR MORPHOMETRIC CYTOLOGY

Ewald R. Weibel, G. Kistler, W Scherle · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1966 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Medicine, Anatomy, Cell Biology +14

Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy to Reconstruct Three-Dimensional Tissue Nanostructure

Winfried Denk, Heinz Horstmann · PLoS Biology · 2004 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +17

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Keith R. Porter
University of Colorado Boulder, United States
25 publications · 4K citations
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Don W. Fawcett
Harvard University, United States
20 publications · 4.8K citations
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Daniel C. Pease
University of California, Los Angeles, United States
20 publications · 3.7K citations
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Tsuneo Fujita
Niigata University, Japan
22 publications · 944 citations
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Ewald R. Weibel
University of Bern, Switzerland
20 publications · 7.4K citations
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The Journal of Cell Biology
JCB · 592 publications · 81.2K citations
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PubMed
Repository · 1.4K publications · 52.7K citations
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American Journal of Anatomy
255 publications · 16K citations
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The Anatomical Record
420 publications · 20.8K citations
67
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Journal of Ultrastructure Research
205 publications · 12.7K citations
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See also Microscopic Anatomy
Core Methods	Scanning Electron Microscopy Tissue Fixation Paraffin Embedding Frozen Section Diagnosis Bright-field Microscopy Super-resolution Microscopy Transmission Electron Microscopy Serial Block-face Electron Microscopy Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy Fluorescent Staining Drying
Tissue Organization	Histology Extracellular Matrix Stratification
Histological Features	Extracellular Matrix Tissue Morphology Changes
Cell Types	Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation Epithelial Cell Sources Endothelial Cell Models Embryonic Stem Cells Progenitor Cells Bipolar Cell Physiology Interneuron Connectivity
Imaging Techniques	Electron Microscopy Scanning Electron Microscopy Light Microscopy Scanning Probe Microscopy Fluorescence Microscopy Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Atomic Force Microscopy Transmission Electron Microscopy Histopathology Image Visualization Raman Spectroscopy Microcomputed Tomography Magnetic Resonance Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography Light-sheet Fluorescence Microscopy Two-photon Fluorescence Microscopy Electron Tomography Serial Block-face Electron Microscopy Bright-field Microscopy Phase-contrast Microscopy Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy Dark-field Imaging