Light and Electron Microscopic Study of the Thyroid Gland of the Camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Authors: Abdel-Magied, E. M.1; Taha, A. A. M.1; Abdalla, A. B.2
Source: Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, Volume 29, Number 6, December 2000 , pp. 331-336(6)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
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Abstract:
The thyroid gland of sexually immature dromedary camels was studied using both light and electron microscopy. The thyroid gland contained follicles of different sizes in both summer and winter. However, most of the follicles were large in summer and small in winter. The large follicles were lined by very low cuboidal or semi-squamous follicular cells whereas the small ones were lined by high cuboidal or low columnar follicular cells. Electron microscopy showed that the very low cuboidal follicular cells were poor in organelles and were considered hypoactive. High cuboidal follicular cells on the other hand, were rich in organelles that included mitochondria, cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum, secretory vesicles, colloid droplets, heterosomes and autophagic vacuoles; they were considered to be very active. The possible role played by these organelles in synthesis of thyroglobulin and liberation of tri- and tetraiodothyronine is discussed. A few degenerate follicular cells were infrequently encountered in the camel thyroid. Parafollicular (C) cells were not seen in this study either with light or electron microscopy.Document Type: Research article
Affiliations: 1: Department of Veterinary Medicine, King Saud University, PO Box 1482, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 2: Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Khartoum, Sudan
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