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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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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