COMPARATIVE MORPHOMETERIC STUDY OF SALT GLAND IN SOME DOMESTICATED AND WILD MARINE BIRDS

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Abstract
The histological structure and statistical of the salt glands were investigated in some
domesticated and wild marine birds. Both species have a well-developed bilateral salt glands lie under the skin in the supraorbital depression of the frontal bone. The salt glands consist of many concentric polygonal lobes arranged in rows and separated by richly vascularized interlobular connective tissue. Each lobe is made up of branched secretory tubules lining with single layer of radialy arranged cuboidal cells from a central canal and meshed with connective tissue enriched of blood capillaries. The duct system of each lobe opens into the central canal that drain in a main duct leads to the anterior of the nasal cavity. The measurements of the epithelium heights in the domestic pekin duck were significantly lower than the other birds subjected in the present study

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Article Title العربیة

دراسة مقارنة للقياساث الشكليه للغذة الملحيه في بعض الطيور البحريه الداجنه وغير الداجنه

Author العربیة

ميسون عبد القادر احمد
Volume 11, Issue 1
Spring 2012
Page 349-354

  • Receive Date 01 June 2012
  • Revise Date 20 June 2012
  • Accept Date 25 June 2012
  • Publish Date 28 June 2012