Ultrastructure of the Mammalian Heart

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

The Ultrastructure of Ventricular and Atrial Myocardium

I. Introduction

II. General Description

III. The Cell Membrane and Its Features

IV. The Intercalated Disc (ID)

V. The Sarcotubular System (SR)

VI. The Contractile Apparatus

VII. Other Constituents of Myocardial Cells

VIII. Atrial Cells

References

The Impulse Generation and Conduction System of the Heart

I. Introduction

II. General Description of Cellular Morphology

III. Detailed Structure of the Components of the Conducting System

IV. Physiologic Implications of Cellular and Fiber Structure

V. Summary

References

The Embryologic Development of the Mammalian Heart

I. Introduction

II. Origin of Heart Muscle Cells

III. Early Stages of Formation of the Multichambered Heart

IV. Cytodifferentiation of Heart Muscle Cells

V. General Organ Development

VI. Summary

References

Ultrastructure of the Innervation of the Mammalian Heart

I. Introduction

II. General Account of the Ultrastructure of Visceral Innervation

III. Innervation of the Sino-Atrial Node

IV. Innervation of the Atrium

V. Innervation of the Atrio-Ventricular Node, the Bundle of His, and Its Branches

VI. Innervation of the Ventricle

VII. Innervation of the Cardiac Valves

VIII. Innervation of the Coronary Vessels

IX. Ultrastructure of the Cardiac Ganglion and "Chromaffin" Cells

X. Ultrastructure of the Sympathetic Cervical Ganglion

XI. Summary

References

Author Index

Subject Index