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A comparative study on the innervation and the vascularization of the bulbus arteriosus in teleost fish

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The structure of the bulbus arteriosus of a wide range of teleost fish is described with particular reference to the vascularization and innervation. The adventitia of the organ consists of blood vessels and large nerve bundles in a collagen matrix. The nerve bundles contain monoamines, and fluorescence studies show small terminal bundles penetrating the muscular media; this is confirmed by electron microscopy. The media consists of an extensive elastic tissue matrix with a spiral arrangement of smooth muscle cells joined end to end by desmosomes and presumed electrotonic junctions. The muscle cells are innervated only at the adventitia/media boundary and the significance of this innervation is discussed. It is proposed that there is a correlation between the degree of vascularization and innervation and the activity of a particular species offish.

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Watson, A.D., Cobb, J.L.S. A comparative study on the innervation and the vascularization of the bulbus arteriosus in teleost fish. Cell Tissue Res. 196, 337–346 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240106

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