An architecture of capillary vessels of the palatine tonsils studied by scanning electron microscope--with special references to comparison with the tonsillar cryptscopic images.

The three-dimensional structure of capillary vessels in the human palatine tonsil using corrosion casting techniques was investigated and compared to recently developed cryptscopic images. The postcapillary venules and arterioles were distinguishable from the nuclear impressions on their walls. The configuration of vessels around the micropores of crypts is similar to the images from the cryptscope.