Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusæ: including Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiologyBerger, E. W. (Edward William)
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Physiology and histology of the Cubomedusæ: including Dr. F.S. Conant's notes on the physiology
Berger, E. W. (Edward William)
Cubomedusae
Fig. 8. These cells are from a macerated preparation. Cells a, b, c, d
may be either prism or pyramid cells from the distal complex eye or prism
cells from the proximal complex eye. Cells e and f are probably from the
right fourth (Fig. 13) of the retina of the proximal complex eye or from
the simple eyes. The unlettered cells are probably from the simple eyes.
Some of these show a distal process. ×900. pp. 48, 62, 65.
Fig. 9. The cells here figured are long pigment cells from the same
preparation as Fig. 6. ×900. pp. 50, 51.
Fig. 10. This drawing shows an end view of a group of prisms from the
same preparation as Fig. 6. ×900. pp. 46.
Fig. 11. This group of prisms are from the same preparation as Fig. 6.
Two of them are broken off. The fibers seen at the lower end are probably
some of the axial fibers. The fiber at the upper end I believe is
interprismatic and the distal fiber of a long pigment cell. ×900. pp. 46.
Fig. 12. This figure is a summary of my results on the simple eyes.
It is from a camera sketch of one of the distal eyes, but somewhat
diagrammatic. The left side of the figure is proximal, the right side
distal. ×920. pp. 61, 62, 64, 65.
Fig. 13. Sagittal dorsoventral section of a proximal complex eye. Conant
drew and published this as his Fig. 69. Conant’s evidence regarding
the axial fibers of the prism cells was incomplete; so that, in this
respect, he left his figure unfinished. I have drawn in these fibers and
republish the figure. At the right of the retina and next the lens (the
white space) the vitreous body is incomplete and the fibers from the
retinal cells project freely into the space. This part of the retina also
remains unpigmented. Like my Fig. 7, this figure evidently represents
a section somewhat to one side of a sagittal dorsoventral plane of the
club, so that the endoderm cells of the ampulla are cut diagonally or
transversely. pp. 41-44, 60, 64-68.
Fig. 14. This is drawn to show how regularly small shrinkage spaces may
occur in transverse sections of the vitreous bodies. This figure is from
a transverse section of the vitreous body of a proximal complex eye.
I believe that these spaces are determined by the axial fibers of the
prisms. Prism outlines are not shown. ×950. pp. 54.
Fig. 15. This figure is a drawing of a portion of a transverse section of
one of the simple eyes. Note the flagella from the retinal cells. pp. 62.
Fig. 16. The section of the lower left hand corner of this figure is
through a portion of one of the proximal complex eyes, and shows the
centrad continuation of the axial nerve fibers of the retinal cells. The
section is such, that, besides the simple eye, the nuclei of the proximal
complex eye (upper part of figure) and two network cells are cut. ×920.
pp. 47, 62, 63.
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