Anatomy and Histology of cloaca in African ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Author

Yang, YuRong ; Jiang, YiBao

Author_Institution

Coll. of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Med., Henan Agric. Univ., Zhengzhou, China

fYear

2011

fDate

24-26 June 2011

Firstpage

8058

Lastpage

8060

Abstract

Anatomic and histological structure of the cloaca in ostrich was investigated by gross appearance and light microscopy. The results indicated that, the cloaca of African ostrich was larger than chicken. Cloaca receiving waste from large intestine, urinary and reproductive systems, and was divided into three sections by three mucous plicas: coprodeum, vault-like urodeum and proctodeum. The epithelium of finger-like villi in the cloaca was simple columnar epithelium. The goblet cells of mucosa were abundant and showed globose apophysis. Lymphoid follicles were found in mucosa of cloaca.

Keywords

biological organs; biological tissues; cellular biophysics; optical microscopy; zoology; African ostrich; Lymphoid follicles; Struthio camelus; anatomy; cloaca; coprodeum; epithelium; globose apophysis; goblet cells; gross appearance; histology; large intestine; light microscopy; mucous plicas; proctodeum; reproductive systems; urinary systems; vault-like urodeum; villi; Birds; Connective tissue; Glands; Intestines; Kidney; Physiology; African Ostrich; anatomy; cloaca; histology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9172-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RSETE.2011.5964023

Filename

5964023