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Ultrastructure of neuroendocrine cells in the lungs of three anuran species
Author(s) -
GoniakowskaWitalińska L.,
Cutz E.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1052030102
Subject(s) - biology , ultrastructure , efferent , neuroepithelial cell , anatomy , lumen (anatomy) , afferent , bufo , lung , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , toad , medicine , endocrinology , stem cell , neural stem cell
Abstract Neuroendocrine cells in the lungs of three species of anurans, Bombina variegata, Bufo bufo and Bu. viridis , occur both as single cells and in the form of neuroepithelial bodies. Neuroendocrine cells are covered by ciliated cells or pneumocytes, which separate them from the lumen of the lung. Neuroepithelial bodies are dispersed in the apical part of the main septa of lungs of Bo. variegata and Bu. bufo or are situated on special protrusions of septa in the lungs of Bu. viridis . Neuroepithelial bodies are innervated by intraepithelial nerve endings of afferent and efferent types.