Influence of Hydrogen Ions and Neutral Salts upon the Hydration of Interstitial Connective Tissue
| Autor: | Day Td |
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| Rok vydání: | 1948 |
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Multidisciplinary
Hydrogen Chemistry Condensation Thigh muscle chemistry.chemical_element Connective tissue Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Body Fluids Ion Collagen fibril Feces Leadership medicine.anatomical_structure Connective Tissue Biophysics medicine Fluids and Secretions Salts sense organs Protons Swelling medicine.symptom Shrinkage |
| Zdroj: | Nature. 162:152-153 |
| ISSN: | 1476-4687 0028-0836 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/162152b0 |
| Popis: | WHEN a piece of interstitial connective tissue covering the thigh muscles of a rat was placed in water adjusted to pH. 4·5, within a few hours it became opaque, white and shrunken. On the other hand, a piece treated at pH. 11·0 became translucent, grey and swollen. These changes were mutually reversible and could be repeated several times. Observations with the dark-ground microscope showed that this swelling was not due to any change in the collagen fibrils but to a widening of the spaces between them ; shrinkage Was accompanied by an obliteration of such spaces and by a condensation and crimping of the collagen bundles. |
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