Table 2. Muscular coat area of the two portions of the vas deferens in CTRL male and CM rats, obtained from histomorphometric analysis of the images presented in Figure 3 (panels A, C, E and G).
| Muscular coat area (µm2) |
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|---|---|---|
| Vas deferens portion | CTRL (n = 6) | CM (n = 6) |
| Epididymal | 4769 ± 15 | 5779 ± 274* |
| Prostatic | 13382 ± 516 | 6689 ± 272* |
* P<0.05 with respect to the corresponding CTRL, as assessed by an unpaired Student’s t-test.
The organs were cut at the first quarter of the epididymal portion and at the final quarter of the prostatic portion.