An Atlas of Ixodid Tick UltrastructureAlexander S. Raikhel, Harry Hoogstraal |
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... Rectal Sac The Malpighian tubules and the small intestine both open into the unpaired rectal sac which reaches the anus via a short ectodermal rectum . The rectal sac shape and size depend greatly on the quantity of fecal and excretory ...
... Rectal Sac The Malpighian tubules and the small intestine both open into the unpaired rectal sac which reaches the anus via a short ectodermal rectum . The rectal sac shape and size depend greatly on the quantity of fecal and excretory ...
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... rectal sac epithelial cells are separated from the muscle sheath by a thick finely - fibrillar basal lamina . The apical surface of the epithelial cells of the H. asiaticum rectal sac has complicated outline and is covered by numerous ...
... rectal sac epithelial cells are separated from the muscle sheath by a thick finely - fibrillar basal lamina . The apical surface of the epithelial cells of the H. asiaticum rectal sac has complicated outline and is covered by numerous ...
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... rectal sac cells . 229- general view ; note that the guanine spherules in the rectal sac lumen are not attached to microvilli , x 20,000 ; 230- rectal sac cell microvilli ; arrows indicate axial tubular channels inside microvilli , x ...
... rectal sac cells . 229- general view ; note that the guanine spherules in the rectal sac lumen are not attached to microvilli , x 20,000 ; 230- rectal sac cell microvilli ; arrows indicate axial tubular channels inside microvilli , x ...
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