[Neuro-histological study on the innervation of the utero-vaginal tract in Gallus gallus].
The authors studied the nervous component present at the level of the utero-vaginal tract in the chicken using the tecniques of Ruffin's gold impregnation and the specific histologic stains (Bodian and Holmes method). A vast vegetative nervous network was also described which acts as a mechanical support for numerous gangliar formations of various size disposed along nerve fasciculi as well as a cospicuous sensory contingent represented by Ruffini and Pacinian (similar to those of Herbst) corpuscles and free nerve endings.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002988:Cloaca / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female
Studio neuro-istologico sul contingente nervoso del tratto utero vaginale in Gallus gallus.