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Granulated metrial gland cells are usually rounded or ovoid in shape and up to 25 um in diameter in the rat (Fig. 4) although in mice they are generally larger and may reach 50 μm. Ultrastructural studies of GMG cells in the rat (Larkin and Flickinger 1969; Dixon and Bulmer 1971; Peel and Bulmer 1977) and the mouse (Stewart and Peel 1977) confirm that they are generally rounded or ovoid in shape (Figs. 5a, 6a) but many have one or more large cytoplasmic projections and some have small projections which appear to indent adjacent cells (Fig. 7).
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Peel, S. (1989). Granulated Metrial Gland Cell Structure. In: Granulated Metrial Gland Cells. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 115. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74170-8_2
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