Internal anatomy and ultrastructure of the male reproductive system of the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Astacidea).

abstract：:For the first time the scanning electron microscope was used to compare developmental changes in scorpion embryos and the first and second stadia. In the buthid species of this study, Centruroides vittatus, and all other scorpions, the newborn climb up on their mother's back and remain there without feeding for severa...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Farley RD

更新日期：2005-07-01 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 lungs of the New Caldeonian gecko Rhacodactylus leachianus were examined by means of gross dissection and light and electron microscopy. This tropical species, which is the largest living gecko, possesses two simple, single-chambered lungs. Right and left lungs are of similar size and shape. The lung volume (27.2 ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Perry SF,Bauer AM,Russell AP,Alston JT,Maloney JE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spleen of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) is composed mainly of red pulp, whereas the white pulp is poorly developed. The red pulp consists of clear reticular cells intermingled with blood cells, sinusoids, and melanomacrophage centers (MMCs). The MMCs are enclosed by an interrupted connective tissue capsule and s...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Quesada J,Viilena MI,Agulleiro B

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouthparts of female Corethrella brakeleyi and C. wirthi were studied using light and electron microscopy. Mandibles, hypopharynx and labium are highly sclerotized and are modified for obtaining blood meals. All structures were larger in C. brakeleyi than in C. wirthi except mandibular and hypopharyngeal teeth; th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： McKeever S,Pound JM

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we showed that type XII collagen (col XII) is highly upregulated in the regenerating newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) forelimb. Here, using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, we studied the pattern of expression of col XII during early stages of adult newt tail regeneration. The results show th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wei Y,Tassava RA

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied early neurulation events in vitro by transplanting quail Hensen's node, central prenodal regions (before the nodus as such develops), or upper layer parts of it on the not yet definitively committed upper layer of chicken anti-sickle regions (of unincubated blastoderms), eventually associated with central b...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Callebaut M,Van Nueten E,Van Passel H,Harrisson F,Bortier H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gross relationships and light microscopic anatomy of the suprarenal gland of a prosimian primate, Galago senegalensis, is described. The left gland is located medial to the pole of the left kidney in a fascial compartment of its own. The right suprarenal is located medial to the pole of the right kidney in intimat...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Carrmicheal SW,Haines DE,Pinkstaff CA

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromatolysis study, 14 to 21 days following denervation, showed the spinal cord representation of the nerve to the posterior latissimus dorsi muscle to be in the ventrolateral cell column between cervical ganglia 14 and 15. to characterize cevical neruos nt undergoing chromatolysis, histochemical stuies were done t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sansone FM,Lebeda FJ

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological and electron-microscopical studies of the head-kidney ontogenesis in a group of bottomspawner and mouthbrooder cichlid fishes reveal that this organ undergoes three functional and structural stages. At the initial stage, 2-12 days after fertilization, the head-kidney is a filtering organ of two glomeruli ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Fishelson L

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:We describe the complex shapes of myomeres and myosepta in the mackerels and tunas (Scombridae: Teleostei), and we reveal the orientation of two major systems of collagen fibers in myosepta and horizontal septa with respect to points of attachment to skeleton and skin. Our goal is to identify the likely pathways of th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Westneat MW,Hoese W,Pell CA,Wainwright SA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm performance is likely to be an important determinant of male reproductive success, especially when females copulate with multiple males. Understanding sperm performance is therefore crucial to fully understand the evolution of male reproductive strategies. In this study, we examined the repeatability of sperm mo...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cramer ER,Laskemoen T,Stensrud E,Rowe M,Haas F,Lifjeld JT,Saetre GP,Johnsen A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, is an obligate suction feeder that preys on benthic invertebrates and fish. Its cranial morphology exhibits a suite of structural and functional modifications that facilitate this mode of prey capture. During suction-feeding, subambient pressure is generated by the ventral expa...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Motta PJ,Hueter RE,Tricas TC,Summers AP,Huber DR,Lowry D,Mara KR,Matott MP,Whitenack LB,Wintzer AP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new morphological type of somatosensory organ is described. It is found in the glabrous skin of the dog nose (rhinarium or planum nasale) and situated in dermis papillae. The otherwise thick epidermis forms a thin window above the organ. There are only a few layers of keratinocytes in the window and the corneocytes ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Elofsson R,Kröger RHH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innervation of the musculature of the tongue and the hyobranchial apparatus of caecilians has long been assumed to be simple and to exhibit little interspecific variation. A study of 14 genera representing all six families of caecilians demonstrates that general patterns of innervation by the trigeminal, facial, g...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wake MH

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the functional morphology of the female reproductive system of the purple stone crab Danielethus crenulatus. The most remarkable feature is the relative storage capacity and extensibility of the seminal receptacles. These receptacles are a pair of simple sacs that lack internal structures dividing the inter...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Farias NE,Spivak ED,Luppi TA

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of ectocranial suture fusion among Primates are subject to species-specific variation. In this study, we used Guttman Scaling to compare modal progression of ectocranial suture fusion among Hominidae (Homo, Pan, Gorilla, and Pongo), Hylobates, and Cercopithecidae (Macaca and Papio) groups. Our hypothesis is t...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Cray J Jr,Cooper GM,Mooney MP,Siegel MI

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The micropterygid moth Neomicropteryx nipponensis belongs to the most primitive suborder Zeugloptera of the Lepidoptera. During embryogenesis the small circular germ disk formed on the ventral egg surface invaginates deeply into the yolk. It finally separates from the egg periphery or rudimentary serosa, and becomes a...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kobayashi Y,Ando H

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ultrastructural study was carried out on the secretory activity of the ectal mandibular gland in the wasp Polistes dominulus (foundress and worker females as well as males). Secretory activity in foundresses proceeds slowly during hibernation and early spring, becoming prominent in late spring and then falling shar...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Fortunato A,Turillazzi S,Delfino G

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphometry, histochemistry, and biomechanical relationships of rectus capitis muscles were examined in adult cats. This family of muscles contained six members on the dorsal, ventral, and lateral aspects of the upper cervical vertebral column. Three dorsal muscles (rectus capitis posterior major, medius, and mino...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Selbie WS,Thomson DB,Richmond FJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cases of predator-induced morphological plasticity in daphnids are well studied examples of inducible defenses. However, little is known about the early development of these sometimes conspicuous traits. We compared for the first time in five different Daphnia species the embryonic development of predator-induced...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Laforsch C,Tollrian R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphisbaenians are fossorial, predominantly limbless squamate reptiles with distinct cranial shapes corresponding to specific burrowing behaviors. Due to their cryptic lifestyles and the scarcity of museum specimens, little is known of their intraspecific variation, particularly regarding cranial osteology. This repre...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hipsley CA,Rentinck MN,Rödel MO,Müller J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that due to the relative conductivity of the environment, and to maintain sensory function, ampullary organs of marine Neoarius graeffei would differ morphologically from those described previously for estuarine and freshwater conspecifics. Unlike the ampullary systems of N. graeffei from freshwater an...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gauthier AR,Whitehead DL,Bennett MB,Tibbetts IR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While knowledge of the reproductive biology of tropical scleractinian corals is extensive, information from temperate zones is limited. The aim of this study is to describe the reproductive biology of Caryophyllia inornata, a temperate species, and to increase the understanding of the reproductive strategies of Medite...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Goffredo S,Marchini C,Rocchi M,Airi V,Caroselli E,Falini G,Levy O,Dubinsky Z,Zaccanti F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques have been applied to three species of phoronids to describe cytological features of their nervous systems. Four types of neurons have been distinguished by morphological and ultrastructural criteria, mainly involving their kinds of vesicles. Glial cells with c...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Fernández I,Pardos F,Benito J,Roldán C

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Profiles with all orientations have been used to visualize the 3D structure of ivory from tusks of elephant, mammoth, walrus, hippopotamus, pig (bush, boar, and warthog), sperm whale, killer whale, and narwhal. Polished, forming, fractured, aged, and stained surfaces were prepared for microscopy using epi-illumination...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Locke M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early embryonic mitosis of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, was morphologically studied in the normal eggs and in the eggs treated by low temperature (-10°C). The first embryonic mitosis is observed in the eggs at 120 to 150 minutes after deposition at 26°C. After egg and sperm pronuclei unite, a spindle is formed in each o...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kawamura N

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), the pronephros begins to form at the four-somite stage. It is initially continuous with the posterior-lateral region of somite 2 and the lateral margin of somites 3 and 4. By the seven-somite stage, the pronephros has become compacted, and the cells are now morphologically...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gillespie LL,Armstrong JB

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New schemata of the liver are presented to discuss the combination of the three kinds of liver lobules known until today in a chalk-talk-manner. Terminology is also discussed. Further investigations are needed involving the construction and the vascular pattern of compound lobules of the three individial lobules of th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Preuss F,Fricke W

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00