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Description
Low magnification of the epidermal region of the Fundulus heteroclitus scale. The epidermis is separated from the collagen layers of the dermis by the basement membrane. The cells of the epidermis (top) are juxtaposed and well adhered to one another. The cells in the dermis, called fibroblasts, which synthesize extracellular matrix and collagen, are much more elongated and appear to be traveling through the collagen fibrils. Present in the epidermal cells are clusters of dark needle-like crystals that appear to be mineral deposits. It is important to note that the nuclear membranes of the fibroblasts appear to be dilated and lifted from the chromatin. This may have been an artifact of poor fixation. Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/rdcp) Lam, Wai Yan; Rice, Marian (2021). CIL:27227, Fundulus heteroclitus, epidermal cell, fibroblast. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J00Z7268
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb6048241t
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Subject
Cytoskeleton organization Basement membrane Fibroblast Mineral deposits Epidermal cell Collagen Fundulus heteroclitus Cell Image Library Group ID: 9597
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