A Scanning Electron Microscopic Survey of the Brain Ventricular System of the Female Armadillo

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Journal Cell Tissue Res

Specialties Anatomy & Histology
Cell Biology

Date 1977 Oct 14

PMID 922852

Citations 2

Authors

J J Jacobs

K D Monroe

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Abstract

The scanning electron microscope was used to survey the brain ventricular system of the female armadille (Dasypus novemcinctus) with emphasis on the third ventricle. The walls of the lateral ventricles, aqueduct, and fourth ventricle are covered by long cilia. In the lateral ventricle, the cilia are arranged in groups; but in the aqueduct and fourth ventricle, they are evenly placed over the cellular surfaces. The ependymal cells of the third ventricle are densely ciliated except for the organum vasculosum and infundibular recess. The non-ciliated luminal surface of these areas has a pebblestone appearance punctuated by numerous microvilli and two types of supraependymal cells.

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