spacer gif spacer gif spacer gif spacer gif Online submission spacer gif
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


spacer gif
     Home     Help     Feedback     Subscriptions     Archive     Search     Table of Contents    

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by LOCKWOOD, A. P. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by LOCKWOOD, A. P. M.
Journal of Experimental Biology 36,562-565 (1959)
Published by Company of Biologists 1959

The Extra-Haemolymph Sodium of Asellus Aquaticus (L.)

A. P. M. LOCKWOOD 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh, and Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge

1. Some 20-30% of the total body sodium of the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus is not in the haemolymph.

2. Autoradiography shows that most of this sodium is not uniformly distributed in the tissues but is localized in the cells of Zenker's organ with lesser amounts in the ovaries, digestive tubules and cuticle.

3. Uric acid is also present in the cells of Zenker's organ.

4. No evidence is yet available to suggest the function of the sodium in the cells of Zenker's organ.

Submitted on April 20, 1959






© The Company of Biologists Ltd 1959