TH1.H1.5D2 Fenestrated Capillary

Micrograph of Fenestrated Capillary:

  • In this fenestrated capillary identify the pores (or fenestrations) which characterise this type of capillary
  • Notice that the capillary has no tunica media or tunica adventitia
  • In this capillary the epithelium lining the capillary lumen is sitting on a prominent basal lamina
  • This basal lamina defines the outer limits of the tunica intima of a capillary (and of the whole capillary wall)
  • Helicine Artery of Penis