Histological And Morphological Studies Of The Endocrine Organs Of Xenopus Laevis

Abstract

Xeno p us Lae vis bas pro vided, during the last

ten ye ars, the ba s is of a growing body of

physiological e nquiri e s initiat e d by .Jelly's

r e s e arches on r e fl e x action. Its viability in

the laboratory and amenability to o perative

pro cedure in particular, make it a pe culiarly

suitable obj e ct for inve stig a tion. It is r e gre ttable,

the r e for e , tbat existing lit e rature on the anatomy

of Xe no p us has be en dire ct e d to e lucida ting those

charact e ristics which are of e spe cial int e r e st to

the Syst e matists and Morphologists r a the r than

d e tailed information of a type which is es s e ntial to

ope r a tiv e procedur e . The r e is in parti cular no

extant account of th e e ndocrine s yst em of Xe no pus,

although it is e vid e nt from su pe rficial insp e ction

that the su p rare nal compl e x diff e rs from that of the

mor e f am ilar Anura . The pr esent e nquiry conce rns