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Preliminary observations on the structure of the uterus and the placenta of a few Indian elasmobranchs

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Abbreviations

amd. :

Amœboid tips

app. :

Appendicula

b.n. :

Basal nucleus

bl. cap. :

Blood capillaries

bl.v. :

Blood vessel

c.bl.v. :

Chain of blood vessels

cl. :

Cloaca.

c.m. :

Circular muscle layer

c.m.f.ct. :

Core of muscle fibres and connective tissue

col.c. :

Columnar cells

comp. :

Compartment

c.t. :

Connective tissue

co.m. :

Coagulated matrix

c.t.c. :

Connective tissue core

c.t.c.m. :

Connective tissue with a few circular muscle fibres

d.v.i. :

Ductus vitello-intestinalis

emb. :

Embryo.

e.m.s.m. :

Egg mass in the blastoderm stage enveloped in a shellmembrane

f.p. :

Finger-shaped process

fl.c. :

Flat cells

gl.c.gr. :

Gland-cell groups

gl.ep. :

Glandular epithelium

gl.sht. :

Glandular sheet

inn.ep. :

Inner epethelium

in.ut.ep. :

Invaginated uterine epithelium

inn.ut.ep. :

Inner uterine epithelium

l.m. :

Longitudinal muscle layer

mes. :

Mesoblast

nid.gl. :

Nidamental gland

o.ep. :

Outer epithelium

ov. :

Ovary.

ov.f. :

Oviducal funnel

ovi. :

Oviduct.

pl.c. :

Placental cord

pt.f. :

Partition folds

pt.w. :

Partition wall

r.c. :

Rectangular cells

s.o.c. :

Spaces of the original yolkstalk channel

s.m. :

Shell membrane

sp.c. :

Spongy core

sp.n. :

Spongy net-work

t.g. :

Tubular glands

i.n. :

Terminal nucleus

tr. :

Trophonemata

tr.c. :

Trophonematous cup

tr.ep. :

Trophonematous epithelium

tr.v. :

Trophonematous villus

ut. :

Uterus

ut.ep. :

Uterine epithelium

ut.w. :

Uterine wall

vas.peri.reg. :

Vascular peripheral region

w.y.s. :

Wall of yolk-sac

w.tr.c. :

Wall of trophonematous cup

y.ect. :

Yolk-sac ectoderm

y.ect.col.c. :

Yolk-sac ectoderm of columnar cells

y.end. :

Yolk-sac endoderm

y.g. :

Yolk granucles

y.mes. :

Yolk-sac mesoderm

y.s. :

Yolk-sac

y.s.f. :

Yolk-sac folds

y.s.f.c. :

Yolk-sac folds on the outer rim of the cup before they turn inward to enter the cup

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Mahadevan, G. Preliminary observations on the structure of the uterus and the placenta of a few Indian elasmobranchs. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 11, 1–44 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048096

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