title: Oxytalan fibers in the Schistosoma mansoni tegument.
abstract: In order to elucidate the nature of the fibrous network present in Schistosoma mansoni tegument, adult worms were studied by light and electron microscopy. It was suggested that this network is formed by bundles of tubular microfibrils 10--12 nm in diameter, similar to oxytalan microfibrils present in higher animals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000648:ultrastructure*