Journal article

Publication year: 1982

Pages: 189-202

Journal: Zoomorphology

Volume number: 100

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0720-213X

eISSN: 1432-234X

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311972

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
The macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of the cecum of the gerbil was investigated using dissections, dried specimens and vascular injections and light-, scanning- and transmission electron microscopy. The cecum of the gerbil is a voluminous organ, possessing slight sacculations and only poorly developed taeniae. The base or ampulla ceci is slightly dilated and more voluminous than the corpus ceci, which decreases gradually in diameter to the blind-end, the apex ceci. A half ring-fold limits the entrance to the proximal colon from the ampulla. A wide-opened communication exists between ampulla and corpus ceci. The scanning microscopial appearance of the cecal wall takes the form of raised elevations circumventing a central depression. The cecum is lined internally by a tall columnar epithelium displaying a well-developed microvillar border and possessing numerous cellular organelles.

Harvard Citation style: SNIPES, R. (1982) ANATOMY OF THE CECUM OF THE GERBIL MERIONES-UNGUICULATUS (MAMMALIA, RODENTIA, CRICETIDAE), Zoomorphology, 100(3), pp. 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311972

APA Citation style: SNIPES, R. (1982). ANATOMY OF THE CECUM OF THE GERBIL MERIONES-UNGUICULATUS (MAMMALIA, RODENTIA, CRICETIDAE). Zoomorphology. 100(3), 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311972