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Bruch's membrane located between choroides and pigment epithelium of the retina has many fenestrated capillaries (monkey)
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Cri = Crista mitochondrialis (eingestülpte Innenmembran eines Mitochondriums);
Dp = Diaphragma (Verschlußhäutchen einer Pore der Kapillarwand); E = Erythrocytus (rotes Blutkörperchen);
Ef = Endotheliocytus fenestratus (gefensterte Endothelzelle der Kapillare); El = Fibra elastica (elastische Faser,
bestehend aus Grundsubstanz [SFa], dem Elastin und Mikrofibrillen aus Fibrillin [Mif]);
Ex = Exocytosis (Exozytosevorgang); Grg = Granula glycogeni (Glykogenkörnchen); Ko = Fibrae collagenosae (Kollagenfasern);
Lb = Lamina basalis (Basallamina; hier sichtbar angefärbt: Lamina densa);
Lv = Lumen vasculare (Gefäßlumen = Innenraum der Kapillare); Lys = Lysosoma secundarium (sekundäres Lysosom = Heterolysosom);
Za = Zonulala adhaerens (Gürteldesmosom zwischen 2 fenestrierten Endothelzellen); Mi = Mitochondrien (Crista-Typ);
Mif = extrazelluläre Mikrofilamente aus Fibrillin; Mme = Membrana mitochondrialis externa (äußere Mitochondrienmembran);
Mmi = Membrana mitochondrialis interna (innere Mitochondrienmembran); P = Plasmalemma (Zellmembran);
RER = rauhes endoplasmatisches Retikulum; SER = Reticulum endoplasmaticum nongranulosum (glattes endoplasmatisches Retikulum);
SFa = Substantia fundamentalis (amorphe Grundsubstanz; besteht aus Elastin); Spi = Spatium intermembranosum (intermembranöser Spaltraum);
Pc = Processus cellularis (unbeweglicher Zellfortsatz); * = Pigmentepithelzelle;
# = Bruch'sche Membran (Grenzmembran zwischen Choroidea (Aderhaut) und Pigmentepithelschicht des Auges).

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