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. 1976 Feb 6;166(1):83-90.
doi: 10.1007/BF00215127.

The presence of transverse and axial tubules in the ventricular myocardium of embryonic and neonatal guinea pigs

M S Forbes, N Sperelakis

The presence of transverse and axial tubules in the ventricular myocardium of embryonic and neonatal guinea pigs

M S Forbes et al. Cell Tissue Res. .

Abstract

Developing transverse (T) tubules are found in embryonic guinea pig ventricular myocardium after approximately eight weeks of gestation. By the time of birth (nine weeks total gestation); longitudinally-oriented axial tubules connected to the T tubules also have formed, and the majority of cells closely resemble those of the adult. The form taken by the developing T and axial tubules suggests that they are generated in a manner similar to that for T tubules in chick and rat skeletal muscle, namely by repeated formation of caveolae.

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