Abstract
AbstractThe ultrastructure of the accessory lobes of Lachi (Hofmann's nuclei) and that of the glycogen body were studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy in 1‐day‐old chicks. Glycogen cells of the accessory lobes appeared like those of the glycogen body with nuclei of similar form which were flanked by organelles and by glycogen. The predominant cell type in each structure possessed glycogen‐filled processes which were in contact with those of neighboring cells and with blood vessels throughout the tissue. The primary difference between the tissues is that the glycogen cells of the accessory lobes are associated with an extensive meshwork of nerve cells of the marginal nerve nuclei. Glycogen processes of accessory lobe cells appeared to intertwine with each other in such fashion as to completely envelop the multipolar nerve cells that are embedded in those structures. Axo‐somatic and axo‐dendritic synapses, as well as lamellar whorls were also noted in the vicinity of the perikarya of these nerve cells. The glycogen body and accessory lobes contained extensive extracellular spaces which when viewed by scanning electron microscopy appeared as sinusoid‐like networks of channels between the glycogen cells and their processes. The close proximity of these glycogen‐rich structures in the lumbosacral nerve cord and the morphological similarities shared by their cell types suggest that they have some specialized functional relationship within the avian nervous system.
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