Fig. 3. Ultrasound images illustrating the spatial relationships between organs in
a non-dissected cuttlefish. The dorsal mantle is always at the top of the
image, and the ventral mantle is always at the bottom. Non-cardiovascular
organs are abbreviated with lower case letters. (A) Transverse section through
the anterior mantle. (B) Midsagittal section showing organs from planes 1 and
2 of Fig. 1 (see supplementary
material, Movie 1). The head is towards the right. (C) Transverse section
through the branch point and the efferent branchial vessels (plane 3,
Fig. 1; also see supplementary
material, Movie 2). (D) An oblique transverse section through the ventricle.
Organs visible on the right are posterior to those on the left. This roughly
corresponds to plane 4 in Fig.
1. Nidamental glands (ng) are present only in females. AU,
auricle; AVC, anterior vena cava; BP, branch point; cf, collar flap; dg,
digestive gland; EBV, efferent branchial vessel; f, funnel; int, shared course
of the intestine and ink sac duct; LVC, lateral venae cavae; m, mantle; V,
ventricle. All scale bars are 2 cm.