Fukuo Y, Shinohara H, Matsuda T
Department of Anatomy I, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
J Anat. 1990 Apr;169:13-21.
Golden hamster diaphragms were observed with both light and electron microscopes to examine the distribution of lymphatic stomata and their morphological features. Lymphatic stomata were present on the inferior surface but absent on the superior surface. This observation was also supported by the results of India ink injection into the peritoneal and pleural cavities. On the inferior surface of the diaphragm, lymphatic stomata tended to form radial rows running from the centre to the periphery; i.e. they were found throughout the muscular and tendinous portions, although the density of their distribution was higher in the latter. Lymphatics and lymphatic lacunae in the tendinous portion were generally smaller than those in the muscular portion. Lymphatic flow into the lymphatics of the tendinous portion seems to be slow, suggesting that lymphatic stomata in the portion may be a functionally inactive reserve.
用光学显微镜和电子显微镜观察金黄仓鼠的膈肌，以检查淋巴小孔的分布及其形态特征。淋巴小孔存在于膈肌下表面，而上表面则没有。向腹腔和胸腔注射印度墨汁的结果也支持了这一观察结果。在膈肌下表面，淋巴小孔倾向于形成从中心向周边延伸的放射状排列；也就是说，在肌肉部分和腱性部分均能发现淋巴小孔，尽管其在腱性部分的分布密度更高。腱性部分的淋巴管和淋巴腔隙通常比肌肉部分的小。流入腱性部分淋巴管的淋巴液流动似乎较慢，这表明该部分的淋巴小孔可能是功能不活跃的储备。
