Cell types in the adenohypophysis of the hagfish, Myxine glutinosa (Cyclostomata).
The anterior pituitary of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa, was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The cells of the adenohypophysis are arranged in follicles surrounded by connective tissue. Five cell types containing granules and one agranular cell type were identified. At the present state of the study the function of these cells remains open to discussion.
D000818:Animals; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006196:Hagfishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000166:cytology*