(1) Differences between calycine units and the type I hair cell of mammals are discussed, and evidence that suggests an equilibratory function for the lacertilian papilla neglecta is presented.
(2) In spring the lamina propria of lacertilian testis shows 1-5 layers of myoid cells which are rich in 50-70 A filaments and exhibit plasmalemmal and intracellular dense patches, smooth vesicles along the cell membrane and a concentration of organelles in a juxtanuclear position.
(3) Similar localization and ultrastructure of avian pecten oculi and lacertilian conus papillaris suggest homology of these structures.
(4) The cellular connectivity of the lacertilian parietal eye is not well understood.
(5) The nucleoi do not have the same ultrastructure in the 5 Lacertilians; differences are noted in the dense fibrillar constituant and the composition of the nucleolus varies.
(6) The circannual chronobiology of Varanus exanthematicus exanthematicus Bose, lacertilian reptile of Senegal, is characterized by a period of rest from January to June during the dry season and a period of activity from July to December during the wet season.
(7) The external zone of the lacertilian median eminence contains numerous immunoreactive vasotocinergic fibers and only few immunoreactive mesotocinergic fibers.
(8) There are fibrous nuclear bodies in the three Lacertilians but the germ cells of Lacerta muralis have in addition granular bodies.
(9) Lacertilian species display a remarkable diversity in the organization of the neural apparatus of their pineal organ (epiphysis cerebri).
(10) In both species of lacertilian reptiles investigated, the peptidergic hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nucleus project with efferents to the telencephalon, to caudal parts of the brain, and to the spinal cord.
(11) The circannual chronobiology of Varanus exanthematicus exanthematicus Bosc, lacertilian reptile of Senegal, is characterized by a period of rest from January to June (dry season) and a period of activity from July to December (wet season).
(12) Since pinealectomy as well as light deprivation to the pineal abolished the stimulatory influence of long-length photoperiods, the pineal gland is discussed here as a major transmitter of photic stimulus in lacertilian tail regeneration.
(13) In fact, it must be assumed that a rapid change of many features of the throat muscles occurred during the early evolution of lizards in order to provide the basis for further differentiation with extant lacertilian infraorders.
(14) The "paranucleolar body" is present in 4 Lacertilians but absent in Lacerta muralis.
(15) Conversely, injections of 5-hydroxytryptophan induce a strong darkening, a result similar to that previously reported in some amphibian species and in one lacertilian species.
(16) In Lacertilians, we found pinealocytic terminals without ribbons on dendrite-like profiles.
(17) In the 5 Lacertilians the cytoplasm of the pyriform cells contains numerous mitochondria, a well developed Golgi apparatus, free ribosomes, glycogen-like particles, annulate lamellae, bundles of microfilaments and microtubules.
(18) It is suggested that PRL may be the active factor that speeds up the rate of tail regeneration in lacertilians.
(19) Based on a global exploration of the hindlimb in some lacertilian species, an equally global functional approach has been undertaken, which led to the concept of the crural mechanism, an integral mechanism comprising the knee joint and the joints between respectively tibia and fibula on the one hand and the astragalocalcaneum on the other.
(20) In contrast to the morphology of pelvic outlet muscles in lacertilians, in fowl the caudal muscle element does not contribute to the formation of these muscles.
Reptile
Definition:
(a.) Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
(a.) Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
(n.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
(n.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
(n.) A groveling or very mean person.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have labelled single, primary auditory neurones in three reptile and one bird species.
(2) The microchromosomes are like those found in certain other primitive fishes as well as in reptiles and birds.
(3) Its adaptive value, chiefly in reptiles, remains an open question.
(4) Since it is known that fever is beneficial in infected reptiles, our experiments were viewed as an initial step in the investigation of a similar potentially beneficial effect in mammals.2.
(5) The distribution of serotonin-immunoreactive cells in the lung of 4 species of reptiles was investigated.
(6) The endocrine pancreas of this reptile is located throughout the spleen side of the organ and consists of islet-like structures, small groups of two to five cells, and single scattered endocrine cells.
(7) As in the case of other reptiles, particularly the alligator, a limited range of peptide-storing cells was found in the gut of the crocodile.
(8) There is clearly an MHC in amphibians and birds with many characteristics like the MHC of mammals (a single genetic region encoding polymorphic class I and class II molecules) and evidence for polymorphic class I and class II molecules in reptiles.
(9) Among birds 84.2% of the isolates were S. typhimurium, among mammals 62.6%, among reptiles only 26.8%.
(10) The evolution of enamel structure is dealt with here on the basis of fossil reptiles and mammals ranging from the Triassic to the present.
(11) An immunocytochemical method, using glutaraldehyde fixation and an antiserum developed against a GABA-glutaraldehyde protein conjugate, permitted direct visualization of GABAergic structures in the brain of a reptile (chameleon).
(12) Rodioimmunoassayable somatostatin (SRIF) was found in acid ethanol extracts from various parts of the gastro-entero-pancreatic (GEP) endocrine system in reptiles, amphibians, teleost bony fish, cartilaginous fish, and jawless fish, as well as in a deuterostomian invertebrate, the tunicate, Ciona intestinalis.
(13) The ultrastructure of the nasal glands of the roadrunner injected with salt and of quail drinking 200 mM NaCl was similar to that of salt glands in reptiles and the fresh-water acclimated duck.
(14) A tabulation of previously documented ovarian neoplasia in reptiles and a comparison of this cancer to those occurring in women will be discussed.
(15) the bowel of reptiles, has no changed for some hundred million years.
(16) On the basis of the amino acid sequence of cytochromes c in different species the degree of clustering and the degree of the chain asymmetry of the corresponding structural genes of DNA was found to have a general tendency towards an increase in the following order: invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals.
(17) A tendency for an increase in the index of clustering of DNA was revealed in the sequence: invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals.
(18) The anti-G beta, gamma antibodies recognized a 35-36-kDa protein in brain of vertebrates such as mammals (rat), avians (pigeon), amphibians (frog), fish (trout), and reptiles (turtle) but not in the invertebrates such as molluscs (snail) and insects (locust).
(19) These results reveal that some species of fishes, amphibians and mammals can act as the second intermediate host and that some species of reptiles, birds and mammals can act as a paratenic host.
(20) However, in many of these animals, including reptiles, the physiological functions and importance of the system remain unclear.