Abstract
AbstractThe opisthonephric kidneys of both larval and adult Petromyzon marinus lack a renal portal system. The tubules are supplied with arterial blood from the glomus through a system of efferent arterioles, capillaries, and sinusoids with the latter draining into the venous system. The adult kidney possesses a more complex and larger system of sinusoids than ammocoetes and these sinusoids reach the venous system through large subcapsular sinuses. Paralleling of tubules with sinusoids and arterioles in the ventral portion of the adult kidney resembles the association of the vasa recta with the tubules of the renal medulla in the mammalian kidney. This may suggest a mechanism important to tubular transport in adult lampreys. The intertubular tissue of ammocoetes is infiltrated with haemopoietic tissue while large numbers of phagocytes within the adult sinusoids may be involved in the destruction of blood cells.
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