Gonadal cnidocytes in the cubozoan Tripedalia cystophora Conant, 1897 (Cnidaria: Cubozoa).

abstract：:In Canis and Ursus the largest proportion of attachments of muscles of the shoulder and brachium on the scapula and humerus is direct; fewer attachments are aponeurotic or tendinous. In both genera most attachments can be associated with superficial osteological features (scars or delimitable surfaces); attachments th...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Bryant HN,Seymour KL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This descriptive electron microscopic study of the blastogenetic medusa development of Podocoryne carnea focuses on the earliest stages of primordium formation, myogenesis, oogenesis and cnidogenesis. The events which take place at the cellular level prior to the formation of stage 1 (Frey, '68), which are characteriz...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Boelsterli U

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usual pigmentation pattern in mammalian skin consists of fixed melanocytes in the basal layer of the epidermis, supplying keratinocytes with melanosomes. We observed that the glabrous skin (rhinaria and footpads) of dogs deviates from this pattern. In dogs, melanocytes are found in both the dermis and epidermis. T...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Elofsson R,Kröger RHH

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feeding mechanisms of two labrid fishes (Cheilinus chlorurus and C. diagrammus: Labridae: Perciformes) are modeled using four-bar linkage theory from mechanical engineering. The actions of the feeding mechanisms are simulated by a computer program that uses morphometric data to calculate the geometry of mechanism ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Westneat MW

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:Three regions of the byssus of the marine mussel Mytilus edulis L. are distinct in structural organization at the macroscopic and microscopic level and in amino acid composition. The threads that emanate from the stem at the base of the foot are divided into two regions. The proximal, elastic region has a crimped, den...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Benedict CV,Waite JH

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of four genera of arvicolid rodents (Clethrionomys, Eothenomys, Alticola, and Synaptomys) presents the first complete description of limb myology for any member of this recently evolved, highly successful family. The study also identifies four forelimb and four hind-limb muscles that exhibit charac...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Stein BR

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orbital Harderian gland of the common tree shrew (Tupaia glis) was investigated at the macroscopic and microscopic levels. In the glands of both sexes only one acinar cell type was found. The cell is characterized by the presence of numerous lipid vacuoles of variable size and by a small number of PAS-positive, el...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Pradidarcheep W,Asavapongpatana S,Mingsakul T,Poonkhum R,Nilbu-nga S,Somana R

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The muscles, fin ray joints, and supporting structures underlying the dorsal fin are described for two seahorse species: Hippocampus zosterae and Hippocampus erectus. A fan-shaped array of cartilaginous bones, the pterigiophores, form the internal supporting structure of the dorsal fin. Each pterigiophore is composed ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Consi TR,Seifert PA,Triantafyllou MS,Edelman ER

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During epidermal differentiation in mammals, keratins and keratin-associated matrix proteins rich in histidine are synthesized to produce a corneous layer. Little is known about interkeratin proteins in nonmammalian vertebrates, especially in reptiles. Using ultrastructural autoradiography after injection of tritiated...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Alibardi L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sceloporus aeneus exhibits reproductive bimodality. That is, one taxon (Sceloporus aeneus bicanthalis) is viviparous whereas the other (Sceloporus aeneus aeneus) is oviparous. Morphological differences in luteal and oviductal structure were examined. Oviparous and viviparous females have distinct corpora lutea that fo...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Guillette LJ Jr,Jones RE

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bristle positions in two rows of bristles on the basitarsus of the second leg of the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster were analyzed in order to determine the accuracy of bristle placement within these rows. Within each row the positions of the two terminal bristles were found to be approximately equally variable, and ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Held LI Jr,Pham TT

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear egress, also referred to as nuclear envelope (NE) budding, is a process of transport in which vesicles containing molecular complexes or viral particles leave the nucleus through budding from the inner nuclear membrane (INM) to enter the perinuclear space. Following this event, the perinuclear vesicles (PNVs) ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： LaMassa N,Arenas-Mena C,Phillips GR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microvasculariaztion of the lateral line organs (LLOs) of the adult pipid frog, Xenopus laevis was studied by scanning electron microscopy of vascular corrosion casts (VCCs) and correlative light microscopy of paraplast embedded tissues sections. Scanning electron micrographs of VCCs revealed that each neuromast w...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gerlach N,Minnich B,Lametschwandtner A

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:The egg tooth of squamates evolved to facilitate hatching from mineralized eggshells. Squamate reptiles can assist their hatching with a single unpaired egg tooth (unidentates) or double egg teeth (geckos and dibamids). Egg tooth ontogeny in two gekkotan species, the leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius and the mourni...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hermyt M,Metscher B,Rupik W

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the elongated neck of the giraffe to the elaborate train of the peacock, extreme traits can result from natural or sexual selection (or both). The extreme chelicerae of the long-jawed spiders (Tetragnatha) present a puzzle: do these exaggerated chelicerae function as weapons or genitalia? Bristowe first proposed ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Danielson-François A,Sullivan HN

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:An extremely large number of fifth ceratobranchial teeth, with highly modified, striated, and hooked tips were observed in the central and western Pacific sicydiine goby genus Stiphodon.A scanning electron microscopic study of the form and arrangement of fifth ceratobranchial teeth was conducted to assess the distribu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Parenti LR,Thomas KR

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the postnatal ontogenetic development of Pontoporia blainvillei skull, identifying major changes on shape, and relating them to relevant factors in the life history of the species. We analyzed a complete ontogenetic series (73♂, 83♀) with three-dimensional geometric morphometric techn...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： del Castillo DL,Flores DA,Cappozzo HL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypochord of the zebrafish embryo (Danio rerio) emerges at the 9-somite stage as a single row of cells in the dorsomedial endoderm immediately ventral to the notochord. It is recognizable from the 2(nd) or 3(rd) somite and extends along the trunk to the same extent as the somites. A basal lamina surrounds the hypo...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Eriksson J,Löfberg J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overall anatomy of Neodasys as well as data for hemoglobin-containing cells are described. Hemoglobin-containing cells are shown to be mesodermal specializations constituting approximately 14% of the animal's total body volume (4.87 ± 104 μl). These globular cells (10-14 μm) are situated in two longitudinal rows, ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ruppert EE,Travis PB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of an ultrastructural investigation of the gastric glands of the ruin lizard are reported. In this reptile the stomach can be divided into a larger fundus and a smaller pars pilorica. Fundic glands are characterized by three main kinds of cells: mucous, endocrine, and oxynticopeptic; the latter were not ob...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Liquori GE,Ferri D,Scillitani G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I focus on the crucial links between the discovery of nonhuman primates by Westerners, discussions on our place in nature, the chain of being, racism, and the history of primate comparative anatomy and of so-called "anatomical human racial studies." Strikingly, for more than a millennium humans knew more about the int...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Diogo R

更新日期：2018-04-01 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 king-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis (Lampriformes), has an unusual set of oral jaws which allow it the ability to protrude the entire upper jaw, containing the premaxilla and the maxilla bones, to extreme distances. Here, we provide a short description of the cranial anatomy and mechanism of jaw protrusion ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ferry LA,Paig-Tran EW,Summers AP,Liem KF

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we compare and contrast armoring strategies during early ontogeny among three related species of marine turtles: the hawksbill, a species that diverged about 29 mya from the loggerhead and Kemp's ridley, which diverged from one another about 16 mya. Our purpose was to determine whether there was a corre...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Salmon M,Coppenrath C,Higgins B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the thickness of the cornea in snakes correlates with overall anatomy, habitat or daily activity pattern, we measured corneal thickness using optical coherence tomography scanning in 44 species from 14 families (214 specimens) in the collection at the Natural History Museum (Denmark). Specifical...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Da Silva MO,Gade JT,Damsgaard C,Wang T,Heegaard S,Bertelsen MF

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:External and internal structures of the head of adults of Clambus are described and illustrated in detail. The results are compared with structural features found in the clambid genus Calyptomerus, in representatives of other scirtoid families, and also in species of other coleopteran suborders, notably Myxophaga. The...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Anton E,Yavorskaya MI,Beutel RG

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloacal complex of Crocodylus porosus is composed of three chambers (proctodaeum, urodaeum, and coprodaeum) separated by tight, muscular sphincters. The proctodaeum is proximal to the cloacal vent and houses the genitalia. The urodaeum is the largest chamber, is capable of storing large quantities of urine, and is...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kuchel LJ,Franklin CE

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00