Hongyuan WANG,Zhouxian SANG and Gang LIANG.Histological Architecture of the Nasal Region in Rana chensinensis[J].Asian Herpetological Research(AHR),2013,4(1):68-75.[doi:10.3724/SP.J.1245.2013.00068]
Click Copy

Histological Architecture of the Nasal Region in Rana chensinensis
Share To:

Asian Herpetological Research[ISSN:2095-0357/CN:51-1735/Q]

Issue:
2013 VoI.4 No.1
Page:
68-75
Research Field:
Original Article
Publishing date:
2013-03-25

Info

Title:
Histological Architecture of the Nasal Region in Rana chensinensis
Author(s):
Hongyuan WANG Zhouxian SANG and Gang LIANG*
College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, Shaanxi, China
Keywords:
frog Rana chensinensis olfactory organ vomeronasal organ skeletal morphology
PACS:
-
DOI:
10.3724/SP.J.1245.2013.00068
Abstract:
The nasal region of Rana chensinensis is divided into the nasal capsules and nasal cavities. In this study, we investigated the adult histological structure of the nasal capsules and nasal cavities in the frog R. chensinensis under the microscope. We found that an eminentia olfactoria is present in this frog and the presence of the eminentia olfactoria may be connected to a terrestrial life style. The double staining method using alcian blue and alizarin red showed that the septomaxilla, the most important bone associated with the olfactory capsules, is an intramembranous bone in R. chensinensis. The opening of the nasolacrimal duct showed a close proximity to the apertura nasalis externa. The pre-sence of the nasolacrimal duct in the olfactory region may be an adaptation to a terrestrial environment. The function of the vomeronasal and olfactory organs is discussed in the paper.

References:

Bertmar G. 1981. Evolution of vomeronasal organs in vertebrates. Evolution, 35(2): 359–366
Belanger R. M., Corkum L. D. 2009. Review of aquatic sex pheromones and chemical communication in anurans. J Herpetol, 43(2): 184–191
Broman I. 1920. Das Organon vomero-nasale Jacobsoni-ein wassergeruchsorgan. Anat Hefte, 58(1): 143–191
D?ving K. B., Trotier D., Rosin J. F., Holley A. 1993. Functional architecture of the vomeronasal organ of the frog (genus Rana). Acta Zool, 74(3): 173–180
Eisthen H. L. 1992. Phylogeny of the vomeronasal system and of receptor cell types in the olfactory and vomeronasal epithelia of vertebrates. Microsc Res Tech, 23(1): 1–21
Eisthen H. L. 1997 Evolution of vertebrate olfactory systems. Brain Behav Evol, 397 (50): 222–233
Eisthen H. L. 2000. Presence of the vomeronasal system in aquatic salamanders. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 355(1401): 1209–1213
Fei L., Hu S. Q., Ye C. Y., Huang Y. Z. 2006. Fauna Sinica, Amphibia, Vol.1. General Accounts of Amphibia, Gymnophiona and Urodela. Beijing: Science Press, 59–63
Helling H. 1938. Das Geruchesorgan der Anuren, vergleichend-morphologisch betrachtet. Ger J Anat, 108: 587–643
Higgins G. M. 1920. The nasal organ in Amphibia. Illinois Biol Monogr, 6: 49–59
Hillenius W. J. 2000. Septomaxilla of nonmammalian synapsids: Soft-tissue correlates and a new functional interpretation. J Morphol, 245(1): 29–50
Hillenius W. J., Watrobski L. K., Rehorek S. J. 2001. Passage of tear duct fluids through the nasal cavity of frogs. J Herpetol, 35(4): 701–704
Jurgens J. D. 1971. The morphology of the nasal region of Amphibia and its bearing of the phylogeny of the group. Ann Univ Stellenbosch, 46(2): 136–146
Michael M. I. 1961. The adult morphology of the olfactory organs of the Egyptian Toad, Bufo regularis Reuss. J Morphol, 109(1): 1–17
Nowack C., W?hrmann-Repenning A. 2010. The nasolacrimal duct of anuran amphibians: Suggestions on its functional role in vomeronasal perception. J Anat, 216(4): 510–517
Paterson N. F. 1939. The head of Xenopus laevis. Q J Microsc Sci, s2–81(322): 161–232
Pugener L. A., Maglia A. M. 2007. Skeletal morphology and development of the olfactory region of Spea (Anura: Scaphiopodidae). J Anat, 211(6): 754–768
Reiss J. O., Eisthen H. L. 2008. Chemical senses: Comparative anatomy and physiology of chemical senses in amphibians. In Thewissen H., Nummular S. (Eds.), Sensory Evolution on the Threshold: Adaptations in Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates. Berkeley: University of California Press, 43–63
Taylor W. R., Van Dyke G. C. 1985. Revised procedure for staining and clearing small fishes and other vertebrates for bone and cartilage study. Cybium, 9(2): 107–119
Taniguchi K., Saito S., Taniguchi K. 2011. Phylogenic outline of the olfactory system in vertebrates. J Vet Med Sci, 73(2): 139–147
Trueb L., Cannatella D. C. 1982. The cranial osteology and hyolaryngeal apparatus of Rhinophrynus dorsalis (Anura: Rhynophryni-dae) with comparisons to recent pipid frogs. J Morphol, 171: 11– 40
Wang H. Y., Zhao H. F., Tai F. D., Zhang Y. H. 2008. Postembryonic development of the olfactory and vomeronasal organs in the frog Rana chensinensis. Zool Sci, 25(5): 503–508

Memo

Memo:
-
Last Update: 2016-03-15