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INTERSTITIAL CELLS IN THE TESTIS OF THE AUSTRALIAN PHALANGER ( TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA )
Author(s) -
Green Lorna MA
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1963.9
Subject(s) - vacuole , cytoplasm , interstitial cell , staining , biology , anatomy , reticular connective tissue , histology , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , genetics
SUMMARY A description is given of the location and general histology of the interstitial cells of Leydig in the testis of Trichosurus vulpecula. Appropriate staining methods were employed to demonstrate the various cell contents. The reticular cytoplasm of the polygonal Leydig cells was crowded with numerous variously sized vacuoles. Many vacuoles contained masses of secretory material which also occurred as fine granules, aggregated into a semilunar arrangement, at the periphery of the vacuole. The round, pale‐staining nucleus frequently occupied an eccentric position in the interstitial cells. An abundant blood supply, taking its origin from the intertubular arteries which supplied the seminiferous tubules, was provided by arterioles and capillaries which vessels were evident between the groups and strands of Leydig cells.