Ossification sequence of the common tern (Sterna hirundo) and its implications for the interrelationships of the Lari (Aves, Charadriiformes).

abstract：:The study of the arterial arches of Bipes, the only amphisbaenian with forelimbs, resolves the problem of the interpretation of the structure of the arterial arches in other forms of this group of squamate reptiles. In Bipes, as in turtles, the subclavian and common carotid arteries originate from a brachiocephalic tr...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Renous D

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural observations and glyoxilic acid-induced fluorescence of catecholamines indicate that tracts of axons lie at the base of the ciliary bands and run throughout their length in bipinnaria and brachiolaria larvae of Pisaster ochraceus. Two types of nerve cells occur at regular intervals within the ciliary b...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Burke RD

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer retinae of adults of 13 atherinomorph species, representing nine different families, were examined by both light and electron microscopy. The retinae were investigated with respect to photoreceptor types, cone densities, and cone patterns. All data were composed to eye maps. This procedure allows an interspe...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Reckel F,Melzer RR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The posterior half of the channel catfish intestine has a similar histological organization to that of other teleost fishes. This region is organized into a muscosa, a submucosa, a double layered muscularis and a serosa. A "stratum compactum" of dense connective tissue was confirmed for the submucosa. In its histology...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Krementz AB,Chapman GB

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphology is strongly correlated with trophic mode in marine invertebrate larvae. We asked if larval morphogenesis is influenced by adelphophagy, a trophic mode in which larvae are provisioned with additional yolk in the form of extra-embryonic nurse eggs, instead of the more common increase in egg size. We used hist...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gibson G,Carver D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interradicular periodontal ligament of mandibular molars contains an apparently unique dilated vessel straddling the interradicular alveolar bone. This structure is designated a venous ampulla. The vessel possesses a luminal length and width of approximately 200 X 100 microns, respectively. Ultrastructurally, the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sims MR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The laterophysic connection (LC) is an association between bilaterally paired, anterior swim bladder extensions (horns) and medial openings in the supracleithral lateral line canals that diagnoses butterflyfishes in the genus Chaetodon. It has been hypothesized that the LC makes the lateral line system sensitive to so...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Webb JF,Smith WL,Ketten DR

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burrow construction in the subterranean Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) primarily occurs by scratch-digging. In this study, we compared the limbs of an ontogenetic series of C. talarum to identify variation in bony elements related to fossorial habits using a morphometrical and biomechanical approach. Diamete...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Echeverría AI,Becerra F,Vassallo AI

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the long starvation period (November to June) of the lizard (Varanus exanthematicus), pancreatic B cells undergo profound modification. The degeneration of beta granules observed in electron microscopy appears correlated with the diminution of the immunoreactive insulin-like content of the pancreas. The analogy...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Godet R,Mattei X,Dupé-Godet M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsal fin is one of the most varied swimming structures in Acanthomorpha, the spiny-finned fishes. This fin can be present as a single contiguous structure supported by bony spines and soft lepidotrichia, or it may be divided into an anterior, spiny dorsal fin and a posterior, soft dorsal fin. The freshwater fish...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Weickhardt AF,Feilich KL,Lauder GV

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleractinian corals begin their biomineralization process shortly after larval settlement with the formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO(3)) structures at the interface between the larval tissues and the substrate. The newly settled larvae exert variable degrees of control over this skeleton formation, providing an op...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gilis M,Meibom A,Alexander D,Grauby O,Stolarski J,Baronnet A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clasper gland morphology and development in Potamotrygon magdalenae and its relation with the acquisition of reproductive maturity is described in males of different developmental stages (embryos, neonates, juveniles, and reproductively active and resting adults). The glands are subcutaneous masses in the proximal bas...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Anaya-López P,Ramírez-Pinilla MP

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of squamate epidermal structure have focused on either histology and ultrastructure or oberhautchen surface texture as revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Using SEM data drawn from a variety of lizard taxa (primarily iguanids, but also agamids, chamaeleonids, and scincids), as well as amph...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Irish FJ,Williams EE,Seling E

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to clarify the general architecture and morphological variations of the autonomic cardiac nervous system (ACNS) in the African Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), and to discuss the evolutionary changes between this system in African/Asian Cercopithecidae and humans. A detailed macroscop...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kawashima T,Akita K,Sato K,Sasaki H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that the capacity for teeth to differentiate "in vitro" depends upon: a) the age of the embryonic rudiments at the time of excision and b) the number of cells within each tissue type which are capable of differentiating into organ culture. This paper studies ultrastructural aspects of tooth buds...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Lemus D,Paz de la Vega Y,Fuenzalida M,Illanes J

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All extant members of Phocoenidae (porpoises) have been characterized as pedomorphic based on skeletal characters. To investigate the ontogenetic background for pedomorphosis and assess interspecific differences in ontogeny among phocoenids, samples of the six extant species were compared in terms of development of bo...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Galatius A,Berta A,Frandsen MS,Goodall RN

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work summarizes the observations on 30 species of microdriles belonging to the families Naididae (Rhyacodrilinae, Pristininae, Naidinae, Phallodrilinae, and Tubificinae), Phreodrilidae, Lumbriculidae, and Enchytraeidae using scanning electron microscopy. The lumbricid Eiseniella tetraedra, a megadrile species com...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Caramelo C,Martínez-Ansemil E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Andean frogs of the genus Telmatobius occur at high elevations, they have an aquatic mode of life and large tadpoles. There are more than 60 species that closely resemble one another and have low values of genetic divergence. However, the skeleton, particularly the cranium, is interspecifically variable with respect t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Barrionuevo JS

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endorgans of the inner ear of the gar were examined using transmission and scanning electron microscopy as well as nerve staining. The ultrastructure of the sensory hair cells and supporting cells of the gar ear are similar to cells in other bony fishes, whereas there are significant differences between the gar an...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mathiesen C,Popper AN

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confocal imaging of Fluo-4, Propidium iodide, and di-8-Anepps loaded ureter were used to study the morphology of terminal arterioles with an inner diameter <50 μm in intact rat ureter. Optical sectioning showed that the muscle coat of the terminal arterioles consisted of a monolayer of highly curved smooth muscle cell...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mumtaz S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventral surface of the most proximal tarsomere of each mesothoracic leg of the female black fly, Simulium venustum Say, bears approximately 60 bifurcate sensilla. Externally, a sensillum appears as a hair set into an asymmetric socket and with the distal tip flattened into two flared lobes. A single pore opens int...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： McIver S,Siemicki R,Sutcliffe J

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two of the forearm flexors of the horse, the superficial and deep digital flexor muscles, are critical to support the digital and fetlock joints, exhibit differing insertions, and are passively supported by the proximal and distal check ligaments, respectively. These two muscles differ in histochemical composition and...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hermanson JW,Cobb MA

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four species of Phocidae, or true seals, inhabit the waters surrounding the Antarctic continent. These animals are thought to have different diving capabilities. The Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddelli, is known to be capable of attaining depths up to 600 meters. The respiratiory system of the Weddell seal shows the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Boyd RB

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular samples were collected to describe the ultrastructure of spermiogenisis in Alligator mississipiensis (American Alligator). Spermiogenesis commences with an acrosome vesicle forming from Golgi transport vesicles. An acrosome granule forms during vesicle contact with the nucleus, and remains posterior until m...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gribbins KM,Siegel DS,Anzalone ML,Jackson DP,Venable KJ,Rheubert JL,Elsey RM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tectorial structures of the inner ear of the proteid salamander Proteus anguinus were studied with transmission and scanning electron microscopy in order to analyze the ultrastructure of the otoconial membranes and otoconial masses of the maculae and the tectorial membrane of the papilla amphibiorum. Both otoconia...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Bulog B

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orientation of the semicircular canals of the inner ear in the skull of vertebrates is one of the determinants of the capacity of this system to detect a given rotational movement of the head. Past functional studies on the spatial orientation of the semicircular canals essentially focused on the lateral semicircu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Coutier F,Hautier L,Cornette R,Amson E,Billet G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The architectural ground plan of beetle and other insect midguts is represented by a monolayer of epithelial cells arranged in a cylindrical configuration. Proliferation and differentiation of regenerative cells maintain the integrity of this monolayer in the face of continual losses of individual cells through cytopl...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Nardi JB,Bee CM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homolid crabs (Hypsophrys) from water deeper than 700 m in the Straits of Florida and Arabian Sea have smooth darkened oval spots contrasting with the surrounding roughened integument on inner and outer surfaces of each pincer at the base of the fixed finger. Cuticle is thinner over these spots than over surrounaing t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Williams AB

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus, is a nocturnal marine teleost that uses social acoustic signals for communication during the breeding season. Nesting type I males produce multiharmonic advertisement calls by contracting their swim bladder sonic muscles to attract females for courtship and spawning wh...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mohr RA,Whitchurch EA,Anderson RD,Forlano PM,Fay RR,Ketten DR,Cox TC,Sisneros JA

更新日期：2017-11-01 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