title: Fine structure of the subradular organ of Lepidochitona cinereus (L), (Mollusca, Polyplacophora).
abstract: Electron microscopy of the subradular organ of the chiton Lepidochitona cinereus (L) reveals at least three cell types, microvillous, ciliated and mucus-secreting, situated in a single epithelium. The base of the epithelium is abundantly innervated and supplied with muscle cells. The fine structure is consistent with a chemosensory function for the subradular organ.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008974:Mollusca / Q000166:cytology*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000648:ultrastructure