ArticleJournal of biosciences2000
The structure of the nasal chemosensory system in squamate reptiles. 2. Lubricatory capacity of the vomeronasal organ.
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- How Foraging Mode Sculpts Sensory Systems: Morphological Evidence From DiceCT and Histology in Sympatric Lizards.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Development of the squamate naso-palatal complex: detailed 3D analysis of the vomeronasal organ and nasal cavity in the brown anoleFrontiers in zoology · 2020Article
- Evolutionary morphology of the lizard chemosensory system.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- The Vomeronasal Organ: A Neglected Organ.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2017Article
- Histochemical and ultrastructural analyses of the lubrication systems in the olfactory organs of soft-shelled turtle.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2016Article
- Structure and evolution of vertebrate aldehyde oxidases: from gene duplication to gene suppression.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2013Article
- Two new journals copy the old.Nature · 2010Article
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Abstract
The vomeronasal organ is a poorly understood accessory olfactory organ, present in many tetrapods. In mammals, amphibians and lepidosaurian reptiles, it is an encapsulated structure with a central, fluid-filled lumen. The morphology of the lubricatory system of the vomeronasal organ (the source of this fluid) varies among classes, being either intrinsic (mammalian and caecilian amphibian vomeronasal glands) or extrinsic (anuran and urodele nasal glands). In the few squamate reptiles thus far examined, there are no submucosal vomeronasal glands. In this study, we examined the vomeronasal organs of several species of Australian squamates using histological, histochemical and ultrastructural techniques, with the goal of determining the morphology of the lubricatory system in the vomeronasal organ. Histochemically, the fluid within the vomeronasal organ of all squamates is mucoserous, though it is uncertain whether mucous and serous constituents constitute separate components. The vomeronasal organ produces few secretory granules intrinsically, implying an extrinsic source for the luminal fluid. Of three possible candidates, the Harderian gland is the most likely extrinsic source of this secretion.
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