Complex Sensory Corpuscles in the Upper Jaw of Horsfield's Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)

0357740 - ÚŽFG 2011 RIV CZ eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Buchtová, Marcela - Páč, L. - Knotek, Z. - Tichý, F.
Complex Sensory Corpuscles in the Upper Jaw of Horsfield's Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii).
Acta veterinaria Brno. Roč. 78, č. 2 (2009), s. 193-197. ISSN 0001-7213. E-ISSN 1801-7576
Grant ostatní: AV ČR(CZ) KJB601110919
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z50450515
Klíčová slova: Mechanoreceptors * reptiles * Testudines
Kód oboru RIV: FF - ORL, oftalmologie, stomatologie
Impakt faktor: 0.403, rok: 2009

The sensory corpuscles of Testudo horsfieldii in the skin of the upper lip and face were studied with light and electron microscopy. The sensory corpuscles were situated under epidermis; in the corium and also between the upper jaw bone tissues in the rostral part of oral cavity. The skin sensory corpuscles with a ramified inner core were grouped in clusters. Within the corpuscle there were several simple inner cores embedded within a common superficial capsule. The complex corpuscles have a novel structure in comparison to what has been described for sensory nerve endings in turtle. The complex sensory corpuscles probably function as mechanoreceptors important for monitoring the movement of the keratinized ridges and the most rostral part of the upper jaw, the rhamphotheci.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0195937