About the morphological relationships of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the sole plate area of the frog

Abstract

In the present investigation the sole plate area of motor end plates of the frog is ultrastructurally examined with different postfixation methods. We concentrated in this case on the proof of the smooth and rough sarcoplasmic reticulum of the sole plate. The relations of the smooth and rough sarcoplasmic reticulum to subsynaptic folds and the local T-system and its connections to diads and triads in the sole plate area are represented. The morphological differences between mammal and frog are pointed out. The possible functions of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the myofibril-free sarcoplasm are discussed.