The Histology of Fishes

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By Krzysztof Formicki and Frank Kirschbaum

The Histology of Fishes PDF is a multi-authored book of 18 chapters comprising the state of the art work of all relevant topics on modern fish histology from 28 authors from ten countries. The topics include Introduction to Histological Techniques, Integument, Fish Skeletal Tissues, Muscular System, Structure and Function of Electric Organs, Digestive System, Glands of the Digestive Tract, Swim Bladder, Kidney, Ovaries and Eggs, Egg Envelopes, Testis Structure, Spermatogenesis, and Spermatozoa in Teleost Fishes, Cardiovascular System and Blood, Immune System of Fish, Gills: Respiration and Ionic-Osmoregulation, Sensory Organs, Morphology and Ecomorphology of the Fish Brain, and Endocrine System. Structural and functional aspects are treated and in a comparative way fish diversity at various taxonomic levels is integrated.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Histological Techniques
Anna Pecio and Rafal P. Piprek

Integument
Frank Kirschbaum and Shaun P. Collin

Fish Skeletal Tissues
François J. Meunier

Muscular System
Wincenty Kilarski

Structure and Function of Electric Organs
Frank Kirschbaum

Digestive System
Ostaszewska Teresa and Kamaszewski Maciej

Glands of the Digestive Tract
Bogdana Wilczyńska and Katarzyna Wołczuk

Swim Bladder
Ostaszewska Teresa and Kamaszewski Maciej

Kidney
Frank Kirschbaum

Ovaries and Eggs
Mari Carmen Uribe, Harry J. Grier and Arlette Amalia Hernández Franyutti

Egg Envelopes
Krzysztof Formicki and Agata Korzelecka-Orkisz

Testis Structure, Spermatogenesis, and Spermatozoa in Teleost Fishes
Anna Pecio

Cardiovascular System and Blood
José M. Icardo

Immune System of Fish
Teresa Wlasow and Małgorzata Jankun

Gills: Respiration and Ionic-Osmoregulation
Marisa Narciso Fernandes

Sensory Organs
Jacqueline F. Webb, Shaun P. Collin, Michał Kuciel, Tanja Schulz-Mirbach, Krystyna Żuwała, Jean-Pierre Denizot and Frank Kirschbaum

Morphology and Ecomorphology of the Fish Brain: The Rhombencephalon of Actinopterygians
Anastasia S. Kharlamova and Sergei V. Saveliev

Endocrine System
Werner Kloas and Frank Kirschbaum

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