Stichocyte

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File:Eucoleus aerophilus female vulva.jpg
Stichocyte at the posterior extremity of the oesophagus in Capillaria aerophila. N: nucleus of the posteriormost stichocyte. Bar = 50 μm

Stichocytes are glandular unicellular cells arranged in a row along the posterior portion of the oesophagus, each of which communicates by a single pore with the lumen of the oesophagus. They contain mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, abundant Golgi apparatuses, and usually 1 of 2 types of secretory granules, α-granules and β-granules, indicating secretory function.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Collectively stichocytes form the stichosome. Characteristic of Trichocephalida and Mermithida,[1] two groups of nematodes.

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  3. ^ Heinz Mehlhorn. Encyclopedia of Parasitology. 3rd Edition 2008
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  5. ^ Michael Hutchins, Donna Olendorf. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Lower metazoans and lesser deuterosomes. 2004
  6. ^ HG Sheffield. Electron microscopy of the bacillary band and stichosome of Trichuris muris and T. vulpis. Journal of Parasitology, 1963
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