Meet Your Interstitium, a Newfound "Organ" - Scientific American
2018年3月27日 · The researchers are calling this network of fluid-filled spaces an organ—the interstitium. However, this is an unofficial distinction; for a body part to officially become an organ, a consensus ...
Interstitium - Wikipedia
The interstitium is a contiguous fluid-filled space existing between a structural barrier, such as a cell membrane or the skin, and internal structures, such as organs, including muscles and the circulatory system.
Anatomy: A New Look at the Interstitium, an Organ Wannabe - WebMD
2022年8月17日 · The scientists found interstitium in tissue from the lungs and aorta, the digestive tract and bladder, in the skin, and in many other spots -- all places that expand and contract, where a “shock ...
Interstitium: A Network of Living Spaces Supports Anatomical ...
2024年4月26日 · The interstitium has the ability to communicate through the body across every scale, from the quantum electromagnetic level, all the way up to the cellular level,” Theise said. Because the interstitium is a fibrous network, mechanical stimuli that affect a fiber in one area also affect other regions of the body, creating a network of ...
The Interstitium - Capillary Fluid Exchange - NCBI Bookshelf
The interstitium is composed mainly of collagen types I, III, and V, elastin, and glycosaminoglycans (mucopolysaccharides, such as hyaluronate and proteoglycans) which are mechanically entangled and cross-linked to form a gel-like reticulum reminiscent of a brush-pile in terms of its three-dimensional organization . These large polymeric ...
The Interstitium - Radiolab
2023年11月17日 · The Interstitium Image credits: Arthur Jones In this episode we introduce you to a part of our bodies that was invisible to Western scientists until about five years ago; it’s called "the interstitium," a vast network of fluid channels inside the tissues around our organs that scientists have just begun to see, name, and understand.
Introducing the Interstitium: A New Anatomical Structure ...
The discovery that brought Dr. Carr-Locke and his colleagues to worldwide attention is something they dubbed the “interstitium” and described in a paper published in Nature: Scientific Reports in March 2018. In the words of the The New York Times, which featured the research in its health section, the interstitium is a “fluid-filled, 3-D ...
Scientists say they've found a new human organ - Science | AAAS
2018年3月28日 · Your body is lined with a network of fluid-filled cavities that—until now—were unknown to science. The team that made that discovery thinks the cavities qualify as a new human organ, which they've dubbed the "interstitium," Live Science reports. The new organ was spotted when researchers looked at live human tissue with a new imaging technique.
Meet Your 'Interstitium,' A Newfound Organ | Live Science
2018年3月27日 · An image of the interstitium beneath the top layer of skin. Researchers say the organ is a body-wide network of interconnected, fluid-filled spaces supported by a lattice of strong, flexible proteins.
New Organ Possibly Found by Scientists - National Geographic
2018年3月27日 · The interstitium is a layer of fluid-filled compartments strung together in a web of collagen and a flexible protein called elastin. Previously, scientists thought the layer was simply dense ...