Fine Structure of Anterior Terminus of Apical Sense Organ in Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (Acanthocephala)

1989 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. T. Dunagan ◽  
J. J. Bozzola
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Sense Organ ◽  
Macracanthorhynchus Hirudinaceus

The Function and Fine Structure of the Cephalic Airflow Receptor in Schistocerca Gregaria

1966 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-470
Author(s):  
D. M. GUTHRIE
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Cell Body ◽  
Schistocerca Gregaria ◽  
Tube Wall ◽  
Sense Organ ◽  
Hair Shaft ◽  
Sensory Axons ◽  
Steady Rate ◽  
Neuron Cell Body ◽  
Tormogen Cell

Electron micrographs of parts of the sense organ showed that the dendritic axis consisted of a large and a small envelope containing microtubules as their main inclusion. The envelopes are supported by a thick-walled tube believed to be part of the Ist-tier sheath cells. The small envelope is segregated from the large envelope near its apex by a fold of the tube wall. The packing of the neurotubular array within the small envelope is both more dense and more regular than within the large envelope. The tube is separated by an extracellular space from the trichogen-tormogen cell. Sections through the apex of the dendrite reveal a homogeneous cap unlikely to be part of a structure continued into the upper region of the hair shaft. No ciliary structures were visible within the dendrite, whose microtubules pass into the neuron cell body proximally. Sections through the neuron cell body reveal branched mitochondria, and numerous microtubules. Rates of discharge in sensory axons from these hair organs produced by deflexion of the hair shaft were found to be within the range 300-100 impulses/sec. There is an initial phase of rapid adaptation which gives place to a steady rate. It is suggested that the fine structure of the receptor may indicate mechano-electrical transduction at a more proximal level than is believed to be the case in some other types of receptor. The diaphragms that support the hair shaft laterally can be seen to be composed of fine cuticular strands.

Fine structure of the dendritic junction body region of the antennal sensory cone in a larval elaterid (Coleoptera)

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 817-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Scott ◽  
R. Y. Zacharuk
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Basal Body ◽  
Sense Organ ◽  
Body Region ◽  
Ultrastructural Evidence ◽  
Primary Function ◽  
Secretory Products

The component ciliary collar, basal body, ciliary rootlets, trichogen–dendrite secretory junctions and secretory inclusions of the junction body region of dendrites in the wireworm antennal sensory cone are described. The primary function ascribed to the junction body region, based on the ultrastructural evidence presented, is one of secretion. The hypothesis that the secretory products produced in the junction body region are transported to the dendritic terminations in the sense organ is discussed and supported.

The fine morphology of the osphradial sense organs of the mollusca. III. Placophora and bivalvia

1987 ◽  
Vol 315 (1169) ◽  
pp. 37-61 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Sense Organ ◽  
Mantle Cavity ◽  
Sense Organs ◽  
Physiological Evidence ◽  
Anal Papillae ◽  
Fine Morphology

The fine morphology of the osphradia of six placophorans and eight bivalves, representing all major subgroups of both classes, is described. In addition the branchial and lateral sense organs of Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Placophora) have been investigated ultrastrucurally. Whereas osphradial fine structure is very uniform within the Bivalvia there are differences between Ischnochitonina and Acanthochitonina, supporting the separation of both groups. Major differences in the conditions of the mantle cavity divide Recent Placophora into the orders Lepidopleurida and Chitonida. The homology of the molluscan osphradium throughout the phylum is discussed in detail. It is concluded that the terminal sense organ (Caudofoveata, Solenogastres), the adanal sensory stripes (Placophora—Chitonida), the interbranchial and post-anal papillae of Nautilus (Cephalopoda), and the organ of Lacaze (Gastropoda-Basommatophora) are homologous with the organs of Spengel (Prosobranchia, Opisthobranchia, Bivalvia), all to be called osphradial sense organs (or osphradia). After discussion it is concluded that the osphradium is a chemoreceptor and not a mechanoreceptor as suggested by many authors. This is shown by the physiological evidence so far reported but mainly by the existence of paddle cilia in the osphradial epithelia throughout the Mollusca, which are typical of molluscan chemoreceptors. It is suggested that the osphradium is primarily used in sexual biology (coordination of spawning, search for a mate), a role altered within the Gastropoda (search for food, osmoreceptor, p O2 -receptor).

Apical Sense Organ of Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (Acanthocephala)

1983 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommy T. Dunagan ◽  
Donald M. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Sense Organ ◽  
Macracanthorhynchus Hirudinaceus

Fine Structure of Platelet Interaction with a New Microcrystalline Collagen Preparation

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 58-59
Author(s):  
W. H. Zucker ◽  
R. G. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Platelet Aggregation ◽  
Hydrochloric Acid ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Platelet Adhesion ◽  
Hemostatic Agent ◽  
Native Collagen ◽  
Fibrillar Morphology ◽  
Clinical Interest ◽  
New Form

Platelet adhesion initiates platelet aggregation and is an important component of the hemostatic process. Since the development of a new form of collagen as a topical hemostatic agent is of both basic and clinical interest, an ultrastructural and hematologic study of the interaction of platelets with the microcrystalline collagen preparation was undertaken.In this study, whole blood anticoagulated with EDTA was used in order to inhibit aggregation and permit study of platelet adhesion to collagen as an isolated event. The microcrystalline collagen was prepared from bovine dermal corium; milling was with sharp blades. The preparation consists of partial hydrochloric acid amine collagen salts and retains much of the fibrillar morphology of native collagen.

Pituitary Follicular Cells: Their Origin, Possible Function and Fate

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
E. Horvath ◽  
K. Kovacs ◽  
G. Penz ◽  
C. Ezrin
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Follicular Cells ◽  
Human Pituitary ◽  
Rat Pituitary ◽  
Pituitary Glands ◽  
Junctional Complexes

Follicular structures, in the rat pituitary, composed of cells joined by junctional complexes and possessing few organelles and few, if any, secretory granules, were first described by Farquhar in 1957. Cells of the same description have since been observed in several species including man. The importance of these cells, however, remains obscure. While studying human pituitary glands, we have observed wide variations in the fine structure of follicular cells which may lead to a better understanding of their morphogenesis and significance.

Ultrastructure and Staining of Developing Elastic Tissue

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 244-245
Author(s):  
E. N. Albert
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Phosphotungstic Acid ◽  
Staining Method ◽  
Rat Aorta ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
The Other ◽  
Elastic Fibers ◽  
Elastic Tissue ◽  
Lead Citrate ◽  
New Born

Silver tetraphenylporphine sulfonate (Ag-TPPS) was synthesized in this laboratory and used as an electron dense stain for elastic tissue (Fig 1). The procedures for the synthesis of tetraphenylporphine sulfonate and the staining method for mature elastic tissue have been described previously.The fine structure of developing elastic tissue was observed in fetal and new born rat aorta using tetraphenylporphine sulfonate, phosphotungstic acid, uranyl acetate and lead citrate. The newly forming elastica consisted of two morphologically distinct components. These were a central amorphous and a peripheral fibrous. The ratio of the central amorphous and the peripheral fibrillar portion changed in favor of the former with increasing age.It was also observed that the staining properties of the two components were entirely different. The peripheral fibrous component stained with uranyl acetate and/or lead citrate while the central amorphous portion demonstrated no affinity for these stains. On the other hand, the central amorphous portion of developing elastic fibers stained vigorously with silver tetraphenylporphine sulfonate, while the fibrillar part did not (compare figs 2, 3, 4). Based upon the above observations it is proposed that developing elastica consists of two components that are morphologically and chemically different.

The Dermal Glands of Rhodnius Prolixus

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 258-259
Author(s):  
J. E. Lai-Fook
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Secretory Activity ◽  
Rhodnius Prolixus ◽  
Outermost Layer ◽  
Cement Layer ◽  
Dermal Glands

Dermal glands are epidermal derivatives which are reported to secrete either the cement layer, which is the outermost layer of the epicuticle or some component of the moulting fluid which digests the endocuticle. The secretions do not show well-defined staining reactions and therefore they have not been positively identified. This has contributed to another difficulty, namely, that of determining the time of secretory activity. This description of the fine structure of the developing glands in Rhodnius was undertaken to determine the time of activity, with a view to investigating their function.

The Ultrastructure of Myocardial Cells in Normal and Cardiac Lethal Mutant Mexican Axolotls, (Ambystoma Mexicanum)

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 62-63
Author(s):  
Larry F. Lemanski ◽  
Eldridge M. Bertke ◽  
J. T. Justus
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Heart Development ◽  
Osmium Tetroxide ◽  
Picric Acid ◽  
Ambystoma Mexicanum ◽  
Recessive Mutation ◽  
Acid Mixture ◽  
Myocardial Cells ◽  
Lethal Mutant ◽  
Mexican Axolotl

A recessive mutation has been recently described in the Mexican Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum; in which the heart forms structurally, but does not contract (Humphrey, 1968. Anat. Rec. 160:475). In this study, the fine structure of myocardial cells from normal (+/+; +/c) and cardiac lethal mutant (c/c) embryos at Harrison's stage 40 was compared. The hearts were fixed in a 0.1 M phosphate buffered formaldehyde-glutaraldehyde-picric acid-styphnic acid mixture and were post fixed in 0.1 M s-collidine buffered 1% osmium tetroxide. A detailed study of heart development in normal and mutant embryos from stages 25-46 will be described elsewhere.

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