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Fig. 8 | Parasites & Vectors

Fig. 8

From: Complex insight on microanatomy of larval “human broad tapeworm” Dibothriocephalus latus (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea)

Fig. 8

TEM micrographs of Dibothriocephalus latus plerocercoids depicting gland-cells and their ducts. Secretory ducts of the gland-cell going towards the distal cytoplasm (a, b). The nucleus and cytoplasm of gland-cell with extensive granular endoplasmic reticulum, secretory granules and vacuoles (c). A longitudinal section through the ducts filled with secretory material. Note a large reservoir formed from dilatation of the duct with great numbers of secretory granules (d). Detail of the secretory granules; note their moderately-dense cores (e). Abbreviations: GER, granular endoplasmic reticulum; LD, lipid droplets; LM, longitudinal muscles; N, nucleus; SD, secretory duct; SG, secretory granules; R, reservoir; V, vacuoles

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Parasites & Vectors

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