Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)

Histomorphometry of the testes and epididymis were carried out on the domesticated adult African great cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus), also known as the grasscutter. The average weight and age of the cane rats used in the study were 1.93 ± 0.42 kg and 18.80 ± 1.39 months respectively. The mean r...

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Autores principales:	Olukole,S. G, Obayemi,T. E
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2010
Materias:	Testes Epididymis Tubular diameter Cane rat Morphometry
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220100004000422011-03-31Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)Olukole,S. GObayemi,T. E Testes Epididymis Tubular diameter Cane rat Morphometry Histomorphometry of the testes and epididymis were carried out on the domesticated adult African great cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus), also known as the grasscutter. The average weight and age of the cane rats used in the study were 1.93 ± 0.42 kg and 18.80 ± 1.39 months respectively. The mean relative volume of the germinal epithelium, interstitium and lumen of the seminiferous tubules of the cane rats were 68.54 ± 1.63%, 8.86 ± 0.85% and 21.40 ± 1.12% respectively. The mean diameter of the seminiferous tubules of the cane rats used for this study was 183.0 ± 11.06 µm. The ductal diameter of the caput, corpus and cauda epididymis were 207.4 ± 7.41 µm, 237.8 ± 10.15 µm and 274.2 ± 9.00 µm respectively, being statistically different (p< 0.05). The epididymal luminal diameters were 95.8 ± 11.52 µm, 126.8 ± 8.35 µm and 221.0 ± 4.05 µm, respectively for the caput, corpus and cauda epididymis. The caput, corpus and cauda epididymis had epithelial heights of 63.6 ± 2.23 µm, 59.20 ± 3.38 µm and 28.60 ± 9.23 µm respectively. There was a high negative correlation (-0.7958) between epithelial height and lumen diameter meaning that with a decrease in the height of the epithelium, the lumen increased significantly. This research work provides base-line data on the histomorphometry of the testes and epididymis of the African great cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus).info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.28 n.4 20102010-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022010000400042en10.4067/S0717-95022010000400042
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language	English
topic	Testes Epididymis Tubular diameter Cane rat Morphometry
spellingShingle	Testes Epididymis Tubular diameter Cane rat Morphometry Olukole,S. G Obayemi,T. E Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
description	Histomorphometry of the testes and epididymis were carried out on the domesticated adult African great cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus), also known as the grasscutter. The average weight and age of the cane rats used in the study were 1.93 ± 0.42 kg and 18.80 ± 1.39 months respectively. The mean relative volume of the germinal epithelium, interstitium and lumen of the seminiferous tubules of the cane rats were 68.54 ± 1.63%, 8.86 ± 0.85% and 21.40 ± 1.12% respectively. The mean diameter of the seminiferous tubules of the cane rats used for this study was 183.0 ± 11.06 µm. The ductal diameter of the caput, corpus and cauda epididymis were 207.4 ± 7.41 µm, 237.8 ± 10.15 µm and 274.2 ± 9.00 µm respectively, being statistically different (p< 0.05). The epididymal luminal diameters were 95.8 ± 11.52 µm, 126.8 ± 8.35 µm and 221.0 ± 4.05 µm, respectively for the caput, corpus and cauda epididymis. The caput, corpus and cauda epididymis had epithelial heights of 63.6 ± 2.23 µm, 59.20 ± 3.38 µm and 28.60 ± 9.23 µm respectively. There was a high negative correlation (-0.7958) between epithelial height and lumen diameter meaning that with a decrease in the height of the epithelium, the lumen increased significantly. This research work provides base-line data on the histomorphometry of the testes and epididymis of the African great cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus).
author	Olukole,S. G Obayemi,T. E
author_facet	Olukole,S. G Obayemi,T. E
author_sort	Olukole,S. G
title	Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
title_short	Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
title_full	Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
title_fullStr	Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
title_full_unstemmed	Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)
title_sort	histomorphometry of the testes and epididymis in the domesticated adult african great cane rat (thryonomys swinderianus)
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2010
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Histomorphometry of the Testes and Epididymis in the Domesticated Adult African Great Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus)

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