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Feinstruktur des ventralen mandibulären Muskelrezeptors bei Liposcelis bostrichophilus (Insecta, Psocoptera)

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The ventral mandibular muscle receptor in the head of Liposcelis bostrichophilus (Psocoptera) is described. It is located median to the mandibular hinge axis, extending from the front tentorium to the dorsal mandibular basis, and is stretched according to the movements of the mandible. The receptor consists of a sensorily and a motor-stimulated muscle fibre and ten bipolar multiterminal neurons. Some of the neurons send their dendrites into the inner part of the receptor muscle, where they branch and terminate at the level of the Z discs. The other neurons build a dendritic bunch, which runs parallel to the muscle fibre surface. Only the dendrites located close to the Z discs show tubular-body-like structures in their terminal ends. The multiterminal neurons and the receptor muscle are covered with glial cells.

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Der ventrale Mandibel-Muskelrezeptor wird im Kopf von Liposcelis bostrichophilus (Psocoptera) nachgewiesen. Er zieht, median der Mandibel-Gelenkachse gelegen, vom vorderen Tentorium-Arm zur hinteren Mandibel-Basis und wird also während der Abduktion der Mandibel gedehnt. Der Rezeptor besteht aus einer motorisch und sensorisch innervierten Muskelfaser und 10 bipolaren, multiterminalen Sinneszellen. Einige der Sinneszellen senden ihre Dendriten ins Innere des Rezeptor-Muskels, wo sie sich verzweigen und jeweils an den Z-Scheiben enden. Die übrigen Sinneszellen bilden mit ihren Dendriten ein Bündel, das der Oberfläche des Rezeptor-Muskels anliegt. Nur die ins Innere ziehenden Dendriten weisen in ihren Endigungen Tubularkörper-ähnliche Strukturen auf. Sowohl die Sinneszellen als auch der Rezeptor-Muskel werden von Hüllzell-Wicklungen eng umhüllt.

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Paulus, T., Honomichi, K. Feinstruktur des ventralen mandibulären Muskelrezeptors bei Liposcelis bostrichophilus (Insecta, Psocoptera). Zoomorphology 108, 353–358 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312275

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