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Microanatomical Structure of the Digestive Diverticulum of Mytilus galloprovincialis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)  

Ju, Sun-Mi (Department of Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University)
Lee, Jung-Sick (Department of Aqualife Medicine, Chonnam National University)
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Applied Microscopy / v.41, no.4, 2011 , pp. 257-263 More about this Journal
Abstract
The microanatomy and ultrastructure of the digestive diverticulum of Mytilus galloprovincialis were described using light and electron microscopy. The digestive diverticulum of tawny color was surrounded the stomach and connected to stomach by a primary duct. Digestive diverticulum is composed of numerous digestive tubules. The epithelial layer of a simple digestive tubule, which is simple, is composed of basophilic cells and digestive cells. Basophilic cells are columnar in shape, and has a well-developed endoplasmic reticula, tubular mitochondria, Golgi complex and membrane-bounded granules of high electron density in the cytoplasm. Whereas digestive cells are columnar in shape, with development of microvilli and cilia on the free surface. Pinocytic vasicles, active lysosomes and numerous mitochondria were observed in the apical cytoplasm of digestive cells. The results of this study suggest that basophilic cell and digestive cell of the digestive tubule are specialized in the extracellular and intracellular digestion, respectively.
Keywords
Basophilic cell; Digestive cell; Digestive diverticulum; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Ultrastructure;
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