Qualitative and quantitative freeze-fracture studies on olfactory and nasal respiratory structures of frog, ox, rat, and dog. I. A general survey

Cell and Tissue Research
B P Menco

Abstract

A comparative study using freeze-fracturing has been made of surface structures of olfactory and nasal respiratory epithelia of frog, ox, rat and dog. Special attention has been paid to cilia and microvilli present at these surfaces, although the observations include various other structures such as small intracellular vacuoles present in the olfactory receptor endings and infrequent brush cells. Within the mucus overlying the olfactory epithelium membranous vesicles, often attached to olfactory cilia, are seen. Some of these show intramembranous particle distributions similar to those of the rest of the cilia, whereas others are devoid of particles. Smooth vesicles are also found in the mucus of other types of epithelium (respiratory epithelium and Bowman's glands). The freeze-fracture morphology of intracellular secretory vacuoles present in olfactory supporting, Bowman's and respiratory glandular cells of the frog is similar in all these epithelia. Quantitative comparisons are made of the different structures of interest. When corrected for cilia which were not observed, mammalian receptor endings bear 17 cilia on average, whereas frog receptor endings have 6 cilia. The relative magnitudes of the diameters of the cilia and m...Continue Reading

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