@article{article_292915, title={A histological study on the ventricle of convict cichlid, Amatitlania nigrofasciata (Günther, 1867)}, journal={Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences}, volume={34}, pages={69–73}, year={2017}, DOI={10.12714/egejfas.2017.34.1.10}, author={Arman, Sezgi and Üçüncü, Sema İşisağ}, keywords={Heart, ventricle, Amatitlania nigrofasciata, convict cichlid, histology}, abstract={<div style="border-top:solid 1pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-right:none;padding:1pt 0cm 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0cm;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:12px;">The morphological
and histological structures of the ventricle of convict cichlid ( </span> <i> <span style="font-size:12px;">Amatitlania nigrofasciata </span> </i> <span style="font-size:12px;">) were
described light microscopically. The ventricle was pyramidal in shape, and its
wall was comprised of epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium. Epicardium and
endocardium were thin and had similar histological structure that consisted of
simple squamous epithelium and connective tissue. The thicker layer,
myocardium, was composed of two layers differentiated easily: the outer part is
compactly organized while the inner one is observed as spongy in appearance
with large trabeculae oriented between branched bundles of cardiac muscle. The
pyramidal shape and myoarchitectural features of the ventricle was evaluated
and discussed as being the most important histological parameter of metabolic
activity which is depended on myocardial functions. </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> </div>}, number={1}, publisher={Ege University}