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Morphological examination of the accessory sex glands of the Barki bucks (Capra hircus)

M. A.M. Alsafy1, M. M.A. Abumandour1, A. A. Karkoura1, R. El-Bakary1, M. A. Seif2, K. Roshdy3
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Pubmed: 34060642
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Folia Morphol 2022;81(3):606-613.
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  1. Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
  2. Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Matrouh University, Matrouch, Egypt
  3. Department of Histology and Cytology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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Vol 81, No 3 (2022)
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Submitted: 2021-03-02
Accepted: 2021-04-29
Published online: 2021-05-25

Abstract

Background: The present investigation was prepared to describe the accessory sex glands of the Barki bucks grossly and by light microscopy.
Materials and methods: There are four sex glands: ampullary, vesicular, prostate, and bulbourethral. The ampullary gland is an enlargement of the terminal part of the ductus deferens, its glandular part has branched tubuloalveolar glands, and its secretory alveoli lined with a pseudo-stratified epithelium composed of cuboidal to columnar cells. The vesicular gland takes the appearance of a cluster of grapes and the left vesicular gland is enlarged and higher than the right one. The vesicular gland is a lobulated tubuloalveolar gland with wide intralobular space and the gland contain a secretory unit which lined by pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium, and the interlobular ductules lined by the stratified epithelium, while the interlobular duct lined by simple cuboidal epithelium; moreover, the lining epithelium of secretory part consists of tall columnar cells. The prostate gland consists only of the disseminated part and is enclosed by a connective tissue capsule that was thin dorsally, thick laterally, and reduced in thickness ventrally. The prostatic acini are lined by simple cuboidal epithelium.
Results: The bulbourethral gland was similar in size to the walnut and surrounded by a capsule and there are interlobular connective tissue septa that divided the gland into lobes and lobules of different sizes. The bulbourethral gland contained secretory units lined by the tall simple columnar epithelium of mucous type with basely located nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm contains granular secretion.
Conclusions: The gross and microscopic examination of the four accessory sex glands gave valuable information in the future pathology diagnosis of the accessory sex glands of the Barki bucks.

Abstract

Background: The present investigation was prepared to describe the accessory sex glands of the Barki bucks grossly and by light microscopy.
Materials and methods: There are four sex glands: ampullary, vesicular, prostate, and bulbourethral. The ampullary gland is an enlargement of the terminal part of the ductus deferens, its glandular part has branched tubuloalveolar glands, and its secretory alveoli lined with a pseudo-stratified epithelium composed of cuboidal to columnar cells. The vesicular gland takes the appearance of a cluster of grapes and the left vesicular gland is enlarged and higher than the right one. The vesicular gland is a lobulated tubuloalveolar gland with wide intralobular space and the gland contain a secretory unit which lined by pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium, and the interlobular ductules lined by the stratified epithelium, while the interlobular duct lined by simple cuboidal epithelium; moreover, the lining epithelium of secretory part consists of tall columnar cells. The prostate gland consists only of the disseminated part and is enclosed by a connective tissue capsule that was thin dorsally, thick laterally, and reduced in thickness ventrally. The prostatic acini are lined by simple cuboidal epithelium.
Results: The bulbourethral gland was similar in size to the walnut and surrounded by a capsule and there are interlobular connective tissue septa that divided the gland into lobes and lobules of different sizes. The bulbourethral gland contained secretory units lined by the tall simple columnar epithelium of mucous type with basely located nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm contains granular secretion.
Conclusions: The gross and microscopic examination of the four accessory sex glands gave valuable information in the future pathology diagnosis of the accessory sex glands of the Barki bucks.

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Keywords

bucks, sex glands, gross morphology, light microscopy, computed tomography scan

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Morphological examination of the accessory sex glands of the Barki bucks (Capra hircus)

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Folia Morphologica

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Vol 81, No 3 (2022)

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Original article

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606-613

Published online

2021-05-25

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DOI

10.5603/FM.a2021.0057

Pubmed

34060642

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Folia Morphol 2022;81(3):606-613.

Keywords

bucks
sex glands
gross morphology
light microscopy
computed tomography scan

Authors

M. A.M. Alsafy
M. M.A. Abumandour
A. A. Karkoura
R. El-Bakary
M. A. Seif
K. Roshdy

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