Figure 22-24. Pericytes.

Figure 22-24Pericytes

The scanning electron micrograph shows pericytes wrapping their processes around a small blood vessel (a post-capillary venule) in the mammary gland of a cat. Pericytes are present also around capillaries, but much more sparsely distributed there. (From T. Fujiwara and Y. Uehara, Am. J. Anat. 170:39–54, 1984. © Wiley-Liss.)

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