Maximum intensity projection of Golgi impregnated pyramidal neurons in the neocortex of an adult mouse, imaged via serial block-face scanning electron microscopy. Contrast is reversed so that Golgi s...

Transitional epithelial cells of the bladder. Upper panel is an electron micrograph from thin sectioned superficial cells of the uroepithelium in the rat; lower panel shows a scanning electron microg...

Figure 326 from Chapter 13 (Cilia and Flagella) of 'The Cell' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Cells of sense organs detecting vibration are provided with stiff surface projections, the size of cilia but lackin...

Scanning electron micrograph of the surface of a peritoneal mast cell from mouse shows undulating folds, and few microvilli. The membrane folds could be misinterpreted for microvilli if analyzed in t...

Scanning electron micrograph of a 3T3 cell growing in culture. Complexity and diversity of structure across the cell surface is apparent in the this image that s courtesy of Susan Brown. Figure 48 fr...

Cells from peritoneal cavity exudate of the mouse, exposed to sodium azide at 22°C for 22 minutes. The macrophage in the field of view has extended long microvilli, showing a rapid response to change...

Rapid extension of microvilli on the surface of a peritoneal macrophage, induced by treatment with a metabolic inhibitor, sodium azide, after 20 minutes at 22° C. Microvilli on neighboring lymphocyt...

Scanning electron micrograph showing in vitro fertilization of a hamster oocyte. The sperm head, near the center of the field of view, is engulfed by the microvilli on the surface of the oocyte membr...

Scanning electron micrograph showing a lateral view of sperm penetration of a hamster oocyte during vitro fertilization. As the membrane of the sperm head fuses with that of the oocyte, the microvill...

of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Scanning electron micrograph of the epidermal surface of the flatfish sole Parophrys detulus shows a labyrinth of surface ridges. Image from Fahrenbach,...