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The skin of primates. XXVII. The skin of the white‐crowned mangabey ( Cercocebus atys )
Author(s) -
Machida H.,
Perkins E.,
Montagna W.,
Giacometti L.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330230216
Subject(s) - apocrine , anatomy , biology , dermal papillae , hair follicle , endocrinology
The skin of the white‐crowned mangabey while resembling that of other Cercopithecoids has certain peculiar features. There are widely distributed subepi‐dermal cholinesterase‐reactive nerve fibers in the hairy skin and specialized nerve end‐organs at the base of the rete ridges in the fingerballs. The distribution of acid phosphatase in that part of the hair follicle between the hair bulge and sebaceous duct orifice is peculiar to this animal. Many of the sebaceous glands are surrounded by cholinesterase‐reactive nerve fibers. The apocrine glands open directly into the pilosebaceous canal and are histologically and histochemically similar to those of other Cercopithecoids. There are fewer eccrine than apocrine glands over the general body surface.