Morphological study on the adrenal gland of the lion(Panthera leo)

Park, Joo-hee; Ku, Sae-kwang; Lee, Jae-hyun; Lee, Hyeung-sik

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1997;37(3):471-477.

Joo-hee Park¹, Sae-kwang Ku¹, Jae-hyun Lee¹, Hyeung-sik Lee²

¹College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University
²Department of Biology, Kyungsan University

사자 부신의 형태학적 관찰

박주희¹, 구세광¹, 이재현¹, 이형식²

¹경북대학교 수의과대학
²경산대학교 생물학과

Abstract

The morphological and immunohistochemical characteristics of the adrenal gland of the lion(Panthera leo) have been studied. In the light microscopic level, the adrenal gland was surrounded by thick capsules arid weak development of the zona glomerulosa was detected. Some medullary tissues were directly connected with capsules, however the adrenal gland in the lion 'demonstrated somewhat pseudolobulated appearance. Weakly or strongly stained chromogranin-immunoreactive cells were detected in medullary regions of the adrenal gland of the lion by immunohistochemistry, and weakly stained chromogranin-immunoreactive cells were detected more frequent than strongly stained ones.

Key Words: lion, adrenal gland, morphology, chromogranin, immunohistochemical, pseudolobulated