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Histology of the esophagus of the adult frog Rana perezi (Anura: Ranidae)
Author(s) -
GallegoHuidobro J.,
Pastor L. M.,
Calvo A.
Publication year - 1992
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.1052120302
Subject(s) - biology , ultrastructure , anatomy , epithelium , tunica , connective tissue , histology , adventitia , excretory system , esophagus , serous fluid , pathology , submucosal glands , medicine , biochemistry , genetics
Study of the esophageal microscopic morphology of adult Rana perezi by light and electron microscopy discloses some large folds throughout the esophagus that are in themselves ringed. Glandular ostia open in the furrows of the luminal surface. The esophageal wall is made up of a connective adventitia rich in melanocytes, a muscular tunica, a connective and glandular subepithelial layer, and a pseudostratified ciliated epithelium. This epithelium basically consists of ciliated, goblet, basal, microvillous‐apex, and migratory cells. Two types of goblet cells are distinguished with regard to the granular ultrastructure. The microvillous‐apex cell has not been found in other amphibians. It shows a very differentiated morphology with a high number of mitochondria. The basal cells give the epithelium a pseudostratified morphology, and they have a proliferative function. Glands are branched and drain through an excretory duct that has a monolayered mucosecreting epithelium. The glandular units are formed by two principal types of cells: mucosecretory and serous. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.