Paulsen F, Thale A
Department of Anatomy, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany.
J Anat. 1998 Oct;193 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3):457-67. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1998.19330457.x.
The papillary layer of the oral part of the human soft palate was studied in 31 subjects of different age by means of histological, immunohistochemical and scanning electron microscopical methods. For scanning electron microscopy a new maceration method was introduced. Results determine epithelial thickness, height and density of connective tissue papillae and their 3-dimensional architecture inside the lining epithelium as well as the collagenous arrangement of the openings of the glandular ducts. The individual connective tissue papillae of the soft palate are compared with the connective tissue boundary on the other side of the oral cavity. The connective tissue plateaux carrying a variable number of connective tissue papillae were found to be the basic structural units of the papillary body. The function of the epithelial-connective tissue interface and the extracellular matrix arrangement in the lamina propria are discussed in order to promote the comparability of normal with pathologically altered human soft palates.
采用组织学、免疫组织化学和扫描电子显微镜方法，对31名不同年龄受试者的人类软腭口腔部分的乳头层进行了研究。对于扫描电子显微镜，引入了一种新的浸软方法。结果确定了上皮厚度、结缔组织乳头的高度和密度及其在衬里上皮内的三维结构，以及腺管开口的胶原排列。将软腭的单个结缔组织乳头与口腔另一侧的结缔组织边界进行了比较。发现承载不同数量结缔组织乳头的结缔组织平台是乳头体的基本结构单位。讨论了上皮-结缔组织界面的功能和固有层中的细胞外基质排列，以促进正常与病理改变的人类软腭的可比性。
