Ultrastructure of the foregut and associated glands in the lung fluke, paragonimus miyazakii (Digenea: Troglotrematidae), with particular reference to their functional roles

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-52

  Orido, Yasuhide ^a   Kokaze, Akatsuki ^a   Akamatsu, Takashi ^a   Takashima, Yutaka ^a   Yoshida, Masao ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digestive function; Foregut; Lung fluke; Paragonimus; Parasitic platyhelminth; Prepharyngeal gland; Tegument

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; INTESTINE; PARAGONIMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARAGONIMUS; RATS;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; INVERTEBRATA; PARAGONIMUS; PARAGONIMUS MIYAZAKII; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA; TROGLOTREMATIDAE;

EID: 0032127526     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199807)237:1<43::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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