Transmission electron micrograph of a microvilli at the apex of a mouse intestine. Image made available by James D. Jamieson and the Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine.

Transmission electron micrograph of a section close to the luminal surface of the rat intestinal epithelium showing a tight junction (zonula occludens) extending diagonally across the image from upper...

These two micrographs show the outer cell surface of the epithelial cell border in intestine (upper) and stomach (lower) tissue. This surface, called the glycocalyx, is composed of negatively charged...

Scanning electron micrograph of a 3T3 cell growing in culture. Complexity and diversity of structure across the cell surface is apparent in the this image that s courtesy of Susan Brown. Figure 48 fr...

Figures 446 (upper) and 447 (lower) from Chapter 16 (Cytoplasmic matrix and cytoskeleton) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Microvilli of the brush border of cat intestinal epithelium sho...

Figure 317 from Chapter 13 (Cilia and Flagella) of 'The Cell' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. The inconsistent orientation of the cilia in scanning micrographs does not accurately reflect their state in the li...

Spiroplasmas are bacteria in the Class Mollicutes that are frequently associated with insects and/or plants. These electron micrographs show apparent symbiotic/ commensal spiroplasma-like organisms (S...

Epithelial cells (ec) of the midgut. Spiroplasmas are bacteria in the Class Mollicutes that are frequently associated with insects and/or plants. These electron micrographs show symbiotic/ commensal ...

Scanning electron microscope image of Lytechinus pictus [sea urchin] embryo at the 2-cell stage. The fertilization envelope has been removed to reveal the cells covered with a dense meshwork of the hy...

Figure 316 from Chapter 13 (Cilia and Flagella) of 'The Cell' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. The differences in size and shape of cilia and microvilli are well illustrated by scanning micrographs of the lumen...