Morphology and fine structure of the gravid uterus of three hymenolepidid tapeworm species (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda)
作者:
DAVIDBRUCE CONN,
LISAA. FORMAN,
期刊:
Invertebrate Reproduction & Development
(Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 2-3
页码: 95-103
ISSN:0792-4259
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1080/07924259.1993.9672300
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Hymenolepis;Vampirolepis;Cestoda;Platyhelminthes;reproductive system;uterus;ultrastructure;electron microscopy
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The ultrastructure of the uterus in gravid proglottids ofHymenolepis citelli, Vampirolepis nanaandVampirolepis microstomawas examined using transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The cellular and subcellular structures were similar in all three species, consisting basically of a syncytial layer attached to a basal extracellular matrix. All nuclei were juxtaluminal and each contained a single large centrally located nucleolus and prominent masses of central and peripheral heterochromatin. The cytoplasm showed evidence suggesting a high level of protein synthesis and secretion. It consisted primarily of granular endoplasmic reticulum with moderately dilated cisternae; most cisternae were completely filled with an electron-lucent flocculent material, but others contained electrondense granules. Free ribosomes and mitochondria were also present. The apical plasma membrane and a small amount of enclosed cytoplasm were folded into long microlamellae that extended into the uterine lumen. Larger epithelial folds and villi consisting of folded portions of the entire epithelium projected into the uterine lumen. The uterine epithelium along with its basul extracellular matrix and underlying cellular parenchyma were folded into the lumen at several points, forming epitheliomesenchymal folds and villi that closely apposed many of the eggs.
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