Figure 3-1. Schematic Representation of a Parenchymatous Cell of Rat 

 Liver. The cell components whose submicroscopic structure is depicted are 

 as follows: mitochondria (mt); basophilic material or endoplasmic reticulum 

 (er); glycogen deposits (g); nuclear pores (np); Golgi complex (go); "dense 

 bodies" or lysosomes (db); interlocking cell processes (cp); bile canaliculus 

 (be). (From Novikoflf, A. B., 1956. "Electron Microscopy: Cytology of 

 Cell Fractions," Science, 124, Fig. I, p. 970.) 



MITOCHONDRIA 



The term "mitochondria" refers to a group of distinct cytoplasmic 

 components which exhibit a variety of morphologic forms. In the phase- 

 contrast microscope the mitochondria are variously seen as granules. 



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