Ultrastructure of the Extraparietal Glands of the Digestive Tract

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The secretory process of salivary glands and pancreas

   • Arthur R. Hand

   Pages 1-17

3. Intercellular junctions in salivary glands

   • Guido Fumagalli, Masaki Shimono

   Pages 19-29

4. Ultrastructural diversity in chiropteran salivary glands

   • Bernard Tandler, Carleton J. Phillips, Toshikazu Nagato, Kuniaki Toyoshima

   Pages 31-52

5. Normal human salivary glands

   • Alessandro Riva, Maria S. Lantini, Francesca Testa Riva

   Pages 53-74

6. Recent contributions of electron microscopy to salivary gland pathology

   • Irving Dardick, A. W. Peter Van Nostrand

   Pages 75-98

7. Development and comparative aspects of the pancreas

   • Yasuo Uchiyama, Masahiko Watanabe

   Pages 99-113

8. The human exocrine pancreas in health and disease

   • Guido Adler, Horst F. Kern

   Pages 115-146

9. Three-dimensional features of pancreatic cells

   • Tomonori Naguro, Akihiro Iino

   Pages 147-175

10. Cytochemical access to plasma and intracellular membranes of freeze-fractured hepatocytes and salivary gland cells

    • Maria Rosaria Torrisi, Patrizia Mancini, Pedro Pinto Da Silva

    Pages 177-183

11. The structural basis of mammalian liver function

    • Guido Macchiarelli, Sayoko Makabe, Pietro M. Motta

    Pages 185-211

12. Ultrastructural approach to liver pathology

    • Fiorenza Bonvicini, Renzo Laschi

    Pages 213-229

13. The human gallbladder

    • Liliana Luciano, Enrico Reale

    Pages 231-248

14. Microvascularization of the extraparietal glands of the alimentary canal

    • Osamu Ohtani, Takehito Taguchi, Takuro Murakami

    Pages 249-274

15. Back Matter

    Pages 275-278

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This volume, the sixth of the series, represents the natural counterpart of the previous volume, Ultra­ structure of the Digestive Tract. Unlike the latter, however, whose contents fell entirely within the domains of gastroenterology, Ultrastructure of the Extraparietal Glands of the Digestive Tract encom­ passes a few cognate sciences, such as hepatology, pancreatology, and even oral biology, which are usually dealt with separately. This allows, starting from cell biology, embryology, and comparative anatomy, a comprehensive survey of organs that have much in common both structurally and functionally. The chapters of this book have been compiled by well-known experts in the field with the aim not only of reviewing and pointing out the state of the art of the subject covered, but also of giving directions for future work. Furthermore, through the integration of electron microscopy with immunocytochemistry, autoradiography, freeze fracture, maceration, enzymatic digestion, etc., and by providing superb illus­ trative material, the authors substantiate the pivotal role played by modern morphology in under­ standing human physiology and pathology. In fact, it must be stressed, that a consistent part of the tissues studied here are from human origin. We believe that this volume should be read, not only by scientists and teachers active in the field, but also by a larger audience of students and professionals interested in knowing the scientific foundations of biomedicine.

• anatomy
• cell
• embryology
• gastroenterology
• hepatology
• pathology
• physiology
• tissue

• Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  Alessandro Riva, Francesca Testa Riva

• Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University “La Sappienza” of Rome, Rome, Italy

  Pietro M. Motta

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