ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE CORPUSCULAR NERVE ENDING IN THE LYMPH HEART OF THE TURTLE (PSEUDEMYS-SCRIPTA-ELEGANS)
ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE CORPUSCULAR NERVE ENDING IN THE LYMPH HEART OF THE TURTLE (PSEUDEMYS-SCRIPTA-ELEGANS)
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DOI:
10.1679/aohc.46.115
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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NITATORI, T
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SATOH, Y;NITATORI, T
Corpuscular nerve endings were found in the tunica externa of the lymph heart of a turtle (Pseudemys scripta elegans). They consisted of axon terminals and surrounding cellular lamellae. Serial thin sections of 1 such presumable sensory corpuscle were made and reconstructed for the 3-dimensional EM analysis of the corpuscle, with special reference to the axon terminals. Apparently, axon terminals ramified at several points within the corpuscle and formed varicosities of various sizes ranging from 1.0-3.0 .mu.m in diameter in their courses. Such varicosities contained an abundance of mitochondria as well as clear and granular vesicles 500-800 .ANG. in diameter. Finger-like protrusions often projected from the axon terminals into the interlamellar spaces. The lamellae consisted of several thin cytoplasmic processes of modified Schwann cells. The corpuscle was enclosed in an incomplete capsule consisting of a thin layer of cellular processes. The corpuscular nerve endings may represent pressorreceptors in the wall of the lymph heart.