Liver vein. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze fracture through a vein in the liver, which is filled with red blood cells (erythrocytes, red). Veins transport blood back to the heart. The cells surrounding the vein are hepatocytes. Many fractured nuclei of the hepatocytes are visible. Magnification: x200 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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