Title: Sensory receptors on the hindgut of the cockroach, Leucophaea maderae Fabricius (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae)
Abstract: Abstract In the cockroach, Leucophaea maderae , the hindgut is innervated by the proctodeal nerves, branches of nerves XI of the terminal abdominal ganglion. Phasic afferent activity was recorded from the 11th-proctodeal nerve in response to distention of the hindgut by saline injection. With methylene blue staining, eight multipolar sensory receptors of type II ( Dethier , 1963, The Physiology of Insect Senses . Methuen, London) were identified on the ventral and lateral surfaces of the rectum, four on each side. The afferent activity in the 11th-proctodeal nerve most likely originated in these receptors.
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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