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The physiology of digestion and absorption in the crabParatelphusa (Oziotelphusa) hydrodromus (Herbst)

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Abbreviations

A C.:

Absorption Cells

B.C.:

Basal Cells

B.S.:

Blood Sinus

C.:

Cardiac Chamber

C.G.:

Cardio-pyloric Constrictors

Ch.:

Chitinous layer

C.M.:

Circular Muscles

C.T.:

Connective Tissue

D.D.:

Dorsal division of the pyloric chamber

Dg.:

Digestive gland

E.:

Epithelium

E.P.:

Exo-pyloric ossicle

F.:

Fulcrum

H.C.:

Hind-gut Cæcum

Hg.:

Hind-gut

I.Amp.:

Inter-ampullary ridge

I.C.:

Infra-lateral cardiac ossicle

Int. D.:

Intra-cellular duct

Inf. L.T.:

Infra-lateral cardiac teeth

Kβ:

Inner Knob-like process of the zygo-cardiac ossicle

Kγ:

Outer knob-like process of the zygo-cardiac ossicle

L.C.:

Lateral cardiac Plate

L.D.:

Lateral or zygo-cardiac tooth

L.M.:

Longitudinal muscles

L.C.P.:

Lateral cardio-pyloric ossicle

L.M.I.:

Inner longitudinal muscles

L.M.O.:

Outer longitudinal muscles

M.:

Meso-cardiac ossicle

M.C.:

Mid-gut Cæcum

M.D.:

Median or uro-cardiac tooth

Mg.:

Mid-gut

N.:

Nucleus

P.:

Power

Pc.:

Pectinal ossicle

P.P.:

Pro-pyloric ossicle

Pt.:

Ptero-cardiac ossicle

P.V.:

Cardio-pyloric valve

Py.:

Pyloric Chamber

P.I.Lg.:

Posterior infra-lateral cardiac muscles

Pr. Pc.:

Pre-pectinal ossicle

Ps. Pc.:

Post-pectinal ossicle

R.C.:

Roof of the Cardiac Chamber

R.S.:

Longitudinal sestose ridges in the ampullary pouches

S.:

Secretion

S.B.:

Striated border

S.C.:

Secretory cells

Se.:

Setæ

S.Amp.:

Supra-ampullary ridge

U.:

Uro-cardiac ossicle

V.D.:

Right half of the ventral division of the pyloric chamber

V.F.:

Vacuoles with absorbed food material

Vs.:

Small vesicles of secretion in formation

V.S.:

Vesicle of secretion

W.:

Work

Z.:

Zygo-cardiac ossicle

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    A. Ramakrishna Reddy

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Communicated by Dr. S. G. M. Ramanujam,m.a.,Ph.D.,d.i.c.

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Reddy, A.R. The physiology of digestion and absorption in the crabParatelphusa (Oziotelphusa) hydrodromus (Herbst). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 6, 170–193 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051444

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