ISSN:
0362-2525
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
The left and right afferent nerves to the corpus cardiacum contain approximately 50 and 90 axons, respectively, when they enter the gland. Both bifurcate within the gland, so that four nerves leave the corpus cardiacum. These, however, contain a total of 90 axons. Of the 50 axons unaccounted for 30 are believed to terminate in the corpus cardiacum and 20 in the corpus allatum. The corpus cardiacum contains 12 intrinsic neurosecretory cells which are disposed laterally with respect to the extrinsic axons. Many of these contain neurosecretory spheres and presumably originate in the brain. The intrinsic corpus cardiacum cells also contain neurosecretory granules, and they produce short cytoplasmic processes which interdigitate with the extrinsic axons.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051340405
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