Subsurface Musculature of Spiny-Headed Worms (Acanthocephala) and Its Role in Formation of Intercellular Matrix |
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Authors: | V. P. Nikishin |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of the Biological Problems of the North, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaja Street 18, 685000 Magadan, Russia |
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Abstract: | Published and original data on the organization and ultrastructure of the subsurface (cutaneous) musculature, basal plate, and intercellular matrix of acanthocephalans (spiny-headed worms) were analyzed and reviewed. Similar to flatworms, the basal plate and the intercellular matrix of acanthocephalans proved to be derived from the cutaneous musculature. Specific structure of acanthocephalan cutaneous muscles (the lacunar system, nuclear secretion, specific block arrangement of myofilaments, etc.) allows us to consider it as a special kind of smooth muscle tissue. |
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