Observation Examples of Living Organisms
Observation of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cell (HUVEC)
These are examples of observation in air (left) and in a culture medium (right). The surface of the cell in the culture medium is smooth but it can be seen how holes have opened up in the cell in air, how the cell has been damaged by drying, and how the nucleus of the cell has risen. (A petri-dish type solution cell was used.)
(Data provided by Dr. Sugimoto and Dr. Takemasa, Department of Anatomy, Nippon Medical School)