Naslov
Morphology of the lymph nodes in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Adriatic Sea
(Morphology of the lymph nodes in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Adriatic Sea.)

Autori
Vuković, Snježana ; Lucić, Hrvoje ; Gomerčić, Hrvoje ; Đuras Gomerčić, Martina ; Gomerčić, Tomislav ; Škrtić, Darinka ; Ćurković, Snježana

Izvornik
Acta veterinaria Hungarica (0236-6290) 53 (2005), 1; 1-11

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
lymph node; bottlenose dolphin; striped dolphin; terrestrial mammals; pig

Sažetak
Morphology of the lymph nodes was examined in six bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and three striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Adriatic Sea. All animals had been found dead in nature. One group of the nodes was taken from the tracheal branching area and was marked as bifurcational lymph node and the other group was taken from the mesenteric root and was marked as mesenteric lymph node. Microscopy analysis showed that the lymph nodes in bottlenose dolphin and lymph nodes in striped dolphin were surrounded by the connective tissue capsule comprising smooth muscle cells. Parenchyma of the mesenteric and bifurcational lymph nodes in bottlenose dolphin was divided into the peripherally situated cortex with the lymphatic nodules and diffuse lymphatic tissue, and the centrally situated medulla structured of the medullary cords separated by the medullary sinuses. These lymph nodes structurally correspond to the lymph nodes in the majority of terrestrial mammals. Mesenteric lymph node of striped dolphin also had a peripherally situated cortex and a centrally positioned medulla as the majority of terrestrial mammals. Centrally to the bifurcational lymph node of striped dolphin there was a dense lymphatic tissue with the lymphatic nodules and peripheral less dense lymphatic tissue structured of the cell cords and sinuses. Bifurcational lymph node in striped dolphin resembled porcine and pertained to the inverse lymph nodes.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Veterinarska medicina

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