Urophysis

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  • In Tor tor the urophysis is a distinct, whitish, unpaired and ventral prominence of typical teleostean type.
  • The urophysis is a discrete structure in the spinal cord of the tail.
  • The function of the urophysis is unknown.
  • Urophysis This is a neurosecretory organ found on the ventral aspect of the distal end of the spinal cord.
  • Sauvagine-like immunoreactivity in the bony fish urophysis and caudal neurosecretory system.
  • Effect of chronic exposure to an acidified environment on the urophysis of the brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis.
  • The Elusive Urophysis—Twenty-five Years in Pursuit of Caudal Neurohormones1 HOWARD A.
  • It is located in the last 6 vertebra of the spinal cord and composed of magnocel- lular neurones (Dahlgren cells), which terminate in a neuroheamal storage organ, the urophysis.

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