title: Morphology, topography and cytoarchitectonics of the otic ganglion in the spotted suslik (Spermophilus suslicus, Güldenstaedt 1770).
abstract: Using the thiocholine method of Koelle and Friedenwald and histological techniques the otic ganglion of the spotted suslik (Spermophilus suslicus, Güldenstaedt 1770) from the province of Zamość was studied. The ganglion was found to be a single oval cluster of neurocytes, situated at the medial and posterior surface of the mandibular nerve just above the maxillary artery. The ganglion is composed of typical ganglionic neurons in a compact arrangement and without a thick connective-tissue capsule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University, Kielce, Poland.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szczurkowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005726:Ganglia, Parasympathetic / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008438:Maxillary Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011044:Poland; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*