Histologic Structure of the Uropygial Gland of the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Autor: | İsmail Şah Harem, Tolunay Turan-Kozlu, Melek Kocak-Harem, Hikmet Altunay, Ebru Karadag-Sari, Yesim Akaydin-Bozkurt |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Cell type General Veterinary Capsule Connective tissue Histology General Medicine Anatomy Biology Grooming Exocrine Glands medicine.anatomical_structure Cytoplasm Excretory system medicine Animals Uropygial gland Animal Science and Zoology Duct (anatomy) Falconiformes |
Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 41:148-151 |
ISSN: | 1937-2825 1042-7260 |
Popis: | This study was performed to determine the histologic structure of the uropygial gland in an osprey. The gland was composed of two elongated lobes which were enclosed in a capsule of connective tissue. Each lobe of the gland had a large central cavity with one excretory duct. The secretory tubules consisted of four cell types: basal, intermediate, secretory, and degenerative. The intermediate cells in the osprey were few in number and did not form a layer, while secretory and degenerative cells consist of 2–3 strata, indicating a high level of lipogenesis. The membranes and peripheral cytoplasm of degenerative cells located in the base of the lobes revealed calcium (Ca2+) deposition and an intense acidophilic reaction. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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