
doi: 10.1007/bf00341409
pmid: 3985364
The fine structure and the organization of muscle and connective tissue in the middle portion of the chicken gizzard (muscular stomach) has been studied by light and electron microscopy. The musculature is divided into long, well-defined bundles arranged circularly and concentrically and extending between the two tendons (tendinous aponeurosis). The muscle bundles are inserted onto the inner surface of the tendon at an angle of about 45 degrees. In addition to muscle cells (which are ultrastructurally similar to those of the small intestine) the musculature contains fibroblasts and interstitial cells and a small number of nerve bundles and capillaries. The gizzard tendons are very compact, made of parallel fascicles of collagen fibrils with interposed stellate tendon cells; ultrastructurally they are very similar to the tendon of skeletal muscles of this and other species. Their collagen fibrils range in size from 30 to 160 nm. The muscle cells that approach the tendon develop longitudinal invaginations of the cell membrane and then break into finger-like terminal processes heavily encrusted with dense bands. The membrane of the invaginations and the terminal processes are surrounded by a basal lamina material which embeds a conspicuous web of small collagen fibrils. The boundary between tendon and muscle is sharp, without interpenetration of the two tissues. A novel type of cell is found at the interface of muscle and tendon (junctional cells), filled with intermediate filaments and some rough endoplasmic reticulum and displaying a trace of a basal lamina.
Tendons, Microscopy, Electron, Intercellular Junctions, Muscles, Gizzard, Avian, Animals, Muscle, Smooth, Chickens
Tendons, Microscopy, Electron, Intercellular Junctions, Muscles, Gizzard, Avian, Animals, Muscle, Smooth, Chickens
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