Chemoreceptors in the cibario-pharyngeal pump of the cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

abstract：:Studies of echinoid microscopic anatomy over the last two centuries have created a number of inaccuracies and mistakes that have accumulated in the descriptions of the intricate organization of the coelomic system of Echinoidea. To clarify the situation, we reconstructed the axial complex and radial complex of the ech...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ezhova OV,Malakhov VV,Egorova EA

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:The wall of the asymmetrical saclike lungs of the fishes Polypterus and Erpetoichthys consists of several functionally different tissue layers. Their lumen is lined by a surface epithelium composed of (1) highly attenuated cells, termed pneumocytes I; (2) pneumocytes II with lamellar bodies, presumably indicating surf...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Lechleuthner A,Schumacher U,Negele RD,Welsch U

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of lateral and dorsoventral radiographic films shows that ingestion, transport, and mastication in Pedetes capensis (Rodentia) are cyclic and their movement patterns are essentially similar for the three food types offered. During the ingestion cycle, closing of the mouth is accompanied by a backward translat...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Offermans M,de Vree F

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：: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：:The pineal complex of the lanterfish Triphoturus mexicans was studied by light and electron microscopy. Receptor, supportive and ganglion cells were identified in the pineal end-vesicle. The presence of receptor cells and the prominent pineal window strongly suggest a photoreceptor function. Numerous unmyelinated nerv...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： McNulty JA,Nafpaktitis BG

更新日期：1976-10-01 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：:The ultrastructure of the adenohypophysis (AH) in the larval anadromous sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L., was examined. The AH is subdivided into three regions, the pro-, meso-, and meta-AH. Cells of the nasopharyngeal stalk extend directly beneath the pro- and meso-AH to form the ventral surface of the gland. Some ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wright GM

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early spermatids of the onychophoran Peripatopsis capensis are spherical cells with a centrally located nucleus, numerous mitochondria, Golgi complexes, microtubules and two centrioles. During spermiogenesis, Golgi vesicles migrate to one side of the cell where they form a tight aggregate, which is later shed. The mat...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Camatini M,Franchi E,Saita A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The jaw muscle (i.e., masticatory, suprahyoid, and extrinsic tongue) anatomy and mass were examined in four genera of Old World hamsters (cricetine murids), Mesocricetus, Cricetulus, Tscherskia, and Phodopus. The masseter was the largest and most complicated of the muscles examined. In the superficial layer, a few ven...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Satoh K,Iwaku F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproduction was studied in a South Carolina population of the paedomorphic salamander Siren intermedia with emphasis on anatomy of the female oviduct. The oviduct forms 67-79% of the snout-vent length in this elongate species and can be divided into three portions. The atrium, 7-13% of oviducal length, is the narrow ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sever DM,Rania LC,Krenz JD

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsal vessel (DV) in the abdomen of the blood-feeding insect Rhodnius prolixus was divided functionally into two regions, the heart, into which haemolymph entered the DV through four pairs of ostia located in abdominal segment VII, and the aorta, along which the haemolymph was propelled from abdominal segment VI ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Chiang RG,Chiang JA,Davey KG

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astroblepidae or "climbing catfishes" encompass a single genus of species living in high altitude rivers in the Andes of South America. They are characterized by a specialized head morphology closely resembling their better known, widely radiated sister family Loricariidae, or armored suckermouth catfishes. Existent d...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： De Crop W,Pauwels E,Van Hoorebeke L,Geerinckx T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated muscle development in the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus, focusing primarily on the cranial muscles, using a whole mount immunohistochemical staining method. It is well established that during the very early stages of morphogenesis, until 4 days post hatching (dph), muscles required for feedi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Uji S,Kurokawa T,Suzuki T

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In uloborid spiders, eye loss is accompanied by increased visual angles, optical material investment, and potential visual acuity of the retained eyes. Relative to carapace volume, the six-eyed Hyptiotes cavatus and two four-eyed Miagrammopes species have greater retinal hemisphere areas and lens volumes than do the e...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Opell BD

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The median fins in extant actinopterygians are the product of millions of years of evolution. During this time, different developmental patterns for the dorsal and anal fins emerged leading to a high variation in median fin morphology and ontogeny. In this study, the development of anal and dorsal fins in atheriniform...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Richter P,Moritz T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We described the topography and morphometry of the testicular artery, pampiniform plexus veins, and indirect connections between them in the spermatic cord of the bull. Sixty microcorrosive casts of bovine spermatic cords were analyzed macroscopically, by stereomicroscopy, and by scanning electron microscopy. The aver...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Polguj M,Jȩdrzejewski KS,Topol M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common snook, Centropomus undecimalis, was induced to ovulate using a time-release, GnRH analogue. Ovulation occurred the afternoon or evening the day after hormone administration. The time of ovulation was established within half an hour. At ovulation, three fish per time-group were divided into 0, 6, 12, 18 hr a...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Grier HJ,Neidig CL,Quagio-Grassiotto I

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oviducts of 24 tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) were examined using histological techniques and scanning electron microscopy to determine endometrial morphology. Measurements of endometrial characteristics (epithelial cell height, cilia length, thickness of endometrial glandular layer, and glandular diameter) in th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Palmer BD,Guillette LJ Jr

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：: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：:The phylogenetic position of bryozoans has been disputed for decades, and molecular phylogenetic analyzes have not unequivocally clarified their position within the Bilateria. As probably the most basal bryozoans, Phylactolaemata is the most promising taxon for large-scale phylogenetic comparisons. These comparisons r...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Schwaha T,Handschuh S,Redl E,Walzl MG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatozoa from representatives of the five insect orders in superorder Neuropteroidea were examined by electron microscopy following a new fixation method that includes tannic acid in the primary fixative but has uranyl acetate rather than osmium tetroxide as the secondary fixative. The sperm axoneme was found to be...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Afzelius BA,Dallai R

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:A description of the external morphogenesis of male and female embryos of X. ferrugineus, derived from in vivo observation, is presented here. The embryogenesis of this beetle is typical of the Coleoptera, and is also similar in most respects to the generalized insect plan. Observed unusual aspects of X. ferrugineus e...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Beeman SL,Norris DM

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light and electron microscopy reveal that simple receptor cells in the jaw epithelium of sea urchin pedicellariae are connected by nerve tracts to the neuropile that coordinates jaw movements. The muscles responsible for jaw opening and closure and for flexion of the stem are all innervated in this neuropile. At least...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Peters BH,Campbell AC

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of minimum-weight structures that retain their integrity under dynamic loading regimes has long challenged engineers. One solution to this problem found in both human and biological design is the optimization of weight and strength by hollowing a structure and replacing its inner core with supportive struts...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Dean MN,Huber DR,Nance HA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gross and microscopic anatomy of epidermal glands has been studied in laboratory maintained tokays (Gekko gecko), and house geckos (Hemidactylus bowringii) captured from the wild throughout the year. Annual testicular activity in the house gecko has also been studied. While no significant differences in glandular ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Chiu KW,Maderson PF

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain-microvascular architecture of the newt (Triturus cristatus carnifex) was studied by scanning electron-microscopical examination of microvascular corrosion casts. It is characterized at the leptomeningeal level by a superficial network of single vessels that leave the meningeal sheath to form hairpin-shaped c...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Lazzari M,Ciani F,Franceschini V

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00