title: The sensitive innervation of the ostrich nasal mucosa.
abstract: The sensitive innervation of the ostrich's nasal mucosa, through impregnative gold chloride methods, was investigated. The autonomy innervation, constituted by ganglion cells placed along the course of nerve trunks was particularly represented in the respiratory tract of the nasal cavity. The somatic nerve component, composed by free and capsulated endings, was especially distributed in the vestibular district. The nerve corpuscles were morphologically classified as Pacini, Pacini-like, Golgi-Mazzoni and Herbst. Further investigations must be expected to attribute an effective functional role particularly to this last nerve component.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biology, University of Sassari. fanatvet@uniss.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: Angelo Antonio
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Dessole
authors.forename: Luisa Bo
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Minelli
authors.forename: Maddalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botti
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gazza
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corriero
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Desantis
authors.forename: Franca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Acone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017950:Ganglia, Sensory / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010141:Pacinian Corpuscles / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D020310:Struthioniformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology