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MICROGRAPH

NAME
EM 245 Liver
(glycogen)
TISSUE
Liver
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2.656 nm
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Richard Wood
Department of Anatomy
University of South California
School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

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EM 245 Hepatocyte

Hepatocyte

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a hepatocyte in the liver.

After a meal, hepatocytes are stimulated by insulin to store glucose as glycogen. This hepatocyte has accumulated a large amount of glycogen.

  • (blue)
  • (red)
  • - appear as rosettes (dark green) in the cytoplasm (light green)
  • (light gray)
  • Cytoplasm (green)

Courtesy of Richard Wood, Department of Anatomy, University of South California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

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