Histological study of uropygial gland in quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) | ||
| Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2012, Pages 121-130 | ||
| Authors | ||
| H. S. A. Al-Temimi; Sh. M. Mirhish | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The histological study revealed that the secretary tubules in gland has epithelial lining consists of four layers of cells, these are basal, intermediate, secretory cells and degenerative cells. The parenchyma of gland is divided into two zones: the first zone is the sebaceous zone which is far zone from the center of the lobe, and lined by thick epithelium, these tubules separated from each other by thin layer of connective tissue while increase in toward the lobe center, the second zone is the glycogen zone which is near from the lobe center, it contain secretary tubules less in diameter and has epithelial lining less thickness in compare with the sebaceous zone while the connective tissue between the secretary tubules is more clear. So the study of quail uropygial gland could be classified as exocrine and holocrine gland contain tubules and branched tubular secretory tubules. | ||
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