Abstract
Electron micrographs of cat aortic bodies were submitted to point-counting analysis to determine the volume/volume densities (vv%) of general tissue components. Paraganglia, enclosed by a perineural sheath (endoneural paraganglia), exhibit a significantly higher density of specific tissue elements (type-I cells, type-II cells, nerves) than those which covered by fibroblasts (exoneural paraganglia). Additional criteria which allowed distinction of these types of aortic bodies were not evident in this study. On average, type-I cells occupied 27.8 vv% if related to the entire organ, or 35.6 vv% if related to the blood vessel-free space. Comparing our data with those reported for the carotid body, we found an about twofold amount of type-I cells within aortic bodies. The relevance of this finding is discussed with respect to the known different electrophysiological properties of carotid and aortic body arterial chemoreceptors.
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