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Description

Transmission electron micrograph of unfixed whole mounted platelet upon an EM support film from platelet rich plasma. The dense granules contain calcium rendering them electron opaque. The “dark” granules are delta granules within the platelet cytoplasm (contain calcium, adenine nucleotides, serotonin and pryrophosphates), and the bright white circles likely represent a dilated open canalicular system.

Technical Details

Image collected on an FEI Tecnai G2 Spirit transmission electron microscope.

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Homo sapiens
Cell Type: platelet
Cellular Component: cell surface; platelet dense granule; platelet delta granules

Attribution

Names: William T. Gunning III
OTHER: Pathology Department, University of Toledo

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL40625
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil40625

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Parameters Imaged: electron density
Visualization Methods: visualization of contiguous regions
Processing History: unprocessed raw data

Sample Preparation

Methods: unfixed tissue
Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	2048px	——
Y	2198px	——