Microampullary organs of a freshwater eel-tailed catfish, Plotosus (tandanus) tandanus.

abstract：:The function of the septomaxilla of nonmammalian synapsids has long been problematic. Distinctive features of this bone, including a prominent intranarial process and a septomaxillary canal and foramen, are characteristic of pelycosaurs and nonmammalian therapsids, but are lost in their mammalian descendants. Numerous...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hillenius WJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is concerned with the ultrastructural organization and some histochemical features of the vacuolar cells of the demosponge Oscarella lobularis. Vacuolar cells are characterized by large clear vacuoles containing an aqueous fluid. They are commonly found in the mesohyl of this sponge and tend to constitute a ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gaino E,Burlando B,Buffa P

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly metamorphosed individuals of the Kenyan reed frog, Hyperolius viridiflavus ferniquei, are able completely to regenerate amputated digits, including the morphologically complex digital pad. The sequence of morphological events is very similar to that seen in the typical epimorphic regeneration of amphibian extrem...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Richards CM,Carlson BM,Rogers SL

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only species belonging to the bryozoan subtaxon Phylactolaemata possess an epistome. To test whether there is a specific coelomic cavity inside the epistome, Fredericella sultana, Plumatella emarginata, and Lophopus crystallinus were studied on the ultrastructural level. In F. sultana and P. emarginata, the epistome c...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gruhl A,Wegener I,Bartolomaeus T

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several flatfish species exhibit the unusual feature of bilateral asymmetry in prey capture kinematics. One species, Pleuronichthys verticalis, produces lateral flexion of the jaws during prey capture. This raises two questions: 1) How are asymmetrical movements generated, and 2) How could this unusual jaw mechanism h...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gibb AC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The site and process of urine formation in the renopericardial system of Helisoma have been investigated. Osmotic pressure and protein content of hemolymph from the heart, pericardial fluid from the pericardial cavity, prourine from the kidney sac, and urine from the ureter have been determined. Osmotic pressure is eq...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Khan HR,Saleuddin ASM

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anurans exhibit a particularly wide range of locomotor modes that result in wide variations in their skeletal structure. This article investigates the possible correlation between morphological aspects of the hylid postcranial skeleton and their different locomotor modes and habitat use. To do so, we analyzed 18 morph...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Soliz M,Tulli MJ,Abdala V

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The larval epithelium of the sea urchin, Lytechinus pictus, consists of squamous cells and bands of columnar epithelial cells bearing cilia. During metamorphosis this tissue undergoes a series of rapid, complex changes. Through the scanning and transmission electron microscope, we describe and analyse these changes. T...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cameron RA,Hinegardner RT

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identity and taxonomic distribution of paranasal sinuses among living platyrrhines has remained a contentious issue (e.g., Cave [1967] Am J Phys Anthropol 26:277-288 vs. Hershkovitz [1977] Chicago: University of Chicago Press) largely because the ontogenetic data required for their detection and identification (e....

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Rossie JB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sabellid and sabellariid polychaetes are regarded as sister groups in a number of recent phylogenetic analyses. This is based mainly on a shared specific arrangement of chaetae referred to as chaetal inversion. Remarkably, the uncini have a notopodial position in the abdomen, whereas capillary chaetae occur in the neu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kieselbach D,Hausen H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For better understanding of the links between limb morphology and the metabolic cost of locomotion, we have characterized the relationships between limb length and shape and other functionally important variables in the straightened forelimbs and hindlimbs of a sample of 12 domestic dogs (Canis familiaris). Intra-anim...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Myers MJ,Steudel K

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slender blindsnakes (Leptotyphlopidae) are known to use a unique feeding mechanism that involves rapid flexions of the tooth-bearing lower jaw. However, the morphology of the leptotyphlopid jaw apparatus has remained poorly studied due to the extremely small size of these snakes. Here I present a detailed description ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kley NJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, was studied by light and electron microscopy of sections of resin-embedded follicles. The development of the follicles was divided into a series of 12 distinctive stages based on various morphological criteria. Structural changes in the oocyte, nurse cells, and follicle cells ar...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Yamauchi H,Yoshitake N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biomechanical model of the jaw mechanism in some reptiles is presented. Symmetrical muscle activity that produces equal forces on both sides of the head is assumed. The model predicts the position of the most posterior bit point and offers a functional explanation for this prediction. Turtles are used to illustrate ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Druzinsky RE,Greaves WS

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phylogenetic survey is a powerful approach for investigating the evolutionary history of a morphological characteristic that has evolved numerous times without obvious functional implications. Restricted gill openings, an extreme modification of the branchiostegal membrane, are an example of such a characteristic. W...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Farina SC,Near TJ,Bemis WE

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed descriptions of mammalian sperm morphology across a range of closely related taxa are rare. Most contributions have been generalized descriptions of a few distantly related mammalian species. These studies have emphasized a generalized ungulate sperm morphology, but have not underscored several important morp...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Downing Meisner A,Klaus AV,O'Leary MA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrissae or follicle-sinus complexes (F-SCs) are highly developed mammalian sensory structures. These blood-filled sinuses are richly innervated and possess novel mechanoreceptors. Although much is known regarding the function of F-SCs in terrestrial mammals, much less is known regarding marine carnivores such as pin...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sprowls CD,Marshall CD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of the upper, lower, and pharyngeal jaws is very similar among American cichlids. Common conditions are: (1) the presence of a premaxillary dentigerous arm shorter than the ascending arm (exceptions are Astronotus, Cichla, and Crenicichla semifasciata), (2) a narrow coulter area; in contrast, a broad co...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Casciotta JR,Arratia G

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five types of hemocytes, prohemocytes, typical plasmatocytes, coagulocytes, spherule cells, and oenocytoides, have been defined in the last larval instar of Heliothis armigera on the basis of ultrastructural microscopy, smears, and optical phase-contrast microscopy. Modifications in typical plasmatocytes and coagulocy...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Essawy M,Maleville A,Brehélin M

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface of a mature, pelagic C-O sole egg is composed of polygonal chambers having four to eight sides, most of which are hexagonally shaped. This honeycomb pattern initially appears on primary oocytes as a thin layer of compact, electron-dense material. Discrete thickenings begin to develop on the envelope of per...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Stehr CM,Hawkes JW

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide a detailed description of the larval morphology of the Great Basin spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus intermontanus), a species with documented morphological variability in larval structures associated with feeding. We based our findings on laboratory-raised individuals fed a herbivorous diet. We characterized the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hall JA,Larsen JH Jr,Fitzner RE

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Odontophoral cartilages are located in the molluscan buccal mass and support the movement of the radula during feeding. The structural diversity of odontophoral cartilages is currently known only from limited taxa, but this information is important for interpreting phylogeny and for understanding the biomechanical ope...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Golding RE,Ponder WF,Byrne M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present investigation the right intracranial portion of the trochlear nerves and dorsal oblique muscle of the right ocular globe were removed from six adult dogs and analyzed by light and electron microscopy. Unmyelinated fibers were observed in the analyzed nerves. The number, diameter, area, and density of my...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Vivo J,Morales JL,Diz A,Galisteo AM,Monterde JG,Blanco A,Agüera E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about specific proteins involved in keratinization of the epidermis of snakes. The presence of histidine-rich molecules, sulfur, keratins, loricrin, transglutaminase, and isopeptide-bonds have been studied by ultrastructural autoradiography, X-ray microanalysis, and immunohistochemistry in the epidermi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Alibardi L

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homology is resemblance caused by a continuity of information. In biology it is a unified developmental phenomenon. Homologies among and within individuals intergrade in several ways, so historical homology cannot be separated sharply from repetitive homology. Nevertheless, the consequences of historical and repetitiv...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Van Valen LM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prey capture in Agama stellio was recorded by high-speed video in combination with the electrical activity of both jaw and hyolingual muscles. Quantification of kinematics and muscle activity patterns facilitated their correlation during kinematic phases. Changes in angular velocity of the gape let the strike be subdi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Herrel A,Cleuren J,De Vree F

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) use modified mouthparts, the proboscis, to acquire fluids. We quantified the proboscis architecture of five butterfly species in three families to test the hypothesis that proboscis structure relates to feeding guild. We used scanning electron microscopy to elucidate the fine s...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Lehnert MS,Beard CE,Gerard PD,Kornev KG,Adler PH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light and electron microscopic techniques show that the eye of the marine prosobranch gastropod, Ilyanassa obsoleta, is composed of an optic cavity, lens, cornea, retina, and neuropile, and is surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. The adult retina is a columnar epithelium containing three morphologically distinct...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gibsonm BL

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dermopteran basicranium combines a primitively constructed and oriented auditory bulla formed by ectotympanic, rostral entotympanic, and tubal cartilage with derived features of the middle ear transformer and internal carotid circulation. Living dermopterans possess a primitive eutherian auditory region that has b...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hunt RM Jr,Korth WW

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The colugos, or flying lemurs (Dermoptera), are arboreal gliding mammals that are commonly grouped with tree-shrews (Scandentia) and Primates in the superorder Euarchonta. However, little is known about the head and neck muscles of these gliding mammals. This raises difficulties for the discussion of not only the func...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Diogo R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00