World Journal of Zoology 7 (3): 245-250, 2012 ISSN 1817-3098 IDOSI Publications, 2012 DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wjz.2012.7.3.63133 A Study on Anatomy a Hiological Structure of Larynx in Adult Male a Female Turkeys 1 1 2 Z. Khaksar, E. Tavakol Kookhdan a P. Parto 1 Department of Basic Science, School of Veterinary MedicineShiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 2 Department of Biological, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Abract: Considering that present a complete a comprehensive udy on the ructure hasn t been done in turkey s syrinx. In this udy 10 adult male a female turkey s pieces were examined for macroscopic a then microscopic ructure. The results showed that the male had exactly position on the base of the heart a between fir a seco intercoals space uer the seco cervical vertebrae. Syrinx also in female position was near the base of the heart, between fir a seco intercoals space uer the seco a thi cervical vertebrae. In both sexes thin serous membrane connected to the esophagus ventral surface. Insurface. In microscopical examination results showed that the size of all parts of syrinx had increased in male than female a there was no difference in the epithelial layer between both sexes. Therefore there are some differences in position a ructure between syrinx of adult male a female turkeys. Key wos: Syrinx Gross Microscopic Turkeys INTRODUCTION There is no scientific udy has been carried out to characterize the ructure of the syrinx in turkey. In the In bis the voice producing apparatus is located in present udy we inveigated the topography, anatomy the thoracic cavity, so that the body cavity, filled with a hiology of the syrinx in this species. numerous air sacs, represents a giant resonant organ such as no other animals possess. The voice organ of the bis, MATERIALS AND METHODS the syrinx, is located at the bifurcation of the trachea [1]. Its detailed ructure is exceedingly variable among Ten (5 male a 5 female) one-year turkeys the avian species. The classical subdivision into (Meleagrisgallopavo) weighing 2580.4±11.5 gram were tracheobronchial, tracheal a bronchial types of syrinx obtained from slaughterhouse. After opening the body in different groups of bis is supposed to reflect the cavity the topographical position of syrinx was observed. derivation of the cartilages of the syrinx from either the Then sections were made 5 cm to the dorsal side of the trachea or primary bronchi [2, 3]. trachea a 5 cm to the ventral side of syrinx. For Syrinx is composed of a number of variably ossified hiological inveigation, the tissue was fixed in 10% cartilages, composing the cranial syringial cartilages, the buffer neutral formalin for 48-72 h. After routine pessulus a the caudal syringeal cartilages a vibrating hiological process, paraffin blocks are prepared a 6-8 soft ructures consiing of a pair of medial tympaniform µm tissue sections were cut a ained with Orcein- Van membrane a pad-like labia. These ha a soft Gisson s a Masson Tri Chrome [12]. ructures are combined to form the median part of the syrinx cranially a its divided part caudally [3, 4]. RESULTS Morphological ructure of syrinx has been described in many bis species such as Duck [5], Orich [6], In female a male turkey, the anatomical positions Long Legged Buzza [7], Japaneses Quail [8], Bursa of the syrinx are different. The female turkey syringes Roller Pigeon [9] Male Malla [10] a Jungle Crow [11]. were observed to lie ventrally of the esophagus a base Correspoing Author: E. Tavakol Kookhdan, Student in Comparative Anatomy a Embryology, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. 245
Fig. 1A: Ventral view of the syrinx in the female turkey. Tr- trachea, H- heart, S- syrinx, E- esophagus, ST- ernotracheal muscle. Notice the syrinx is hidden at the dorsal surface of the heart Fig. 1B: Ventral view of body cavity in the male turkey. Tr- trachea, H- heart, S- syrinx, E- esophagus, ST- ernotracheal muscle. Notice the syrinx is hidden at the dorsal surface of the heart Fig. 2: Ventral view of the turkey syrinx.s-syrinx,tr- trachea, t- tympanum, ts- tracheosyringeal cartilage, bsbronchosyringeal cartilage, B- bronchus, P- pessulus, I- interbronchial ligament, - ernotracheal muscle, tltracheo-lateral muscle 246
Fig. 3: Longitudinal section of the syrinx. T- tympanum, TS- tracheosyringeal cartilage, BS- bronchosyringeal cartilage, B- bronchus, P- pessulus, I- interbronchial ligament, LTM- lateral tympanic membrane, MTM- medial tympanic membrane, Orcein Van Gisson`s ain, Bar-1mm Fig. 4: Hiological section of turkey syrinx.hiological section of turkey syrinx. E- psudoratified columnar epithelium, G- goblet cell, L- lamina propria, EF- elaic fibers, H- hyaline cartilage, N- nerve fiber, V- vessels, Masson`s Tri Chrome ain, Bar- 0/2mm of the heart. It is attached to esophagus by thin serous The broncho-syringeal cartilage are all C-shaped, membrane (Fig. 1A). In the male turkey, the syrinx is they are four on each side. They are not attached to the observed ventral to the esophagus exactly on the body of pessulus. Both the latero-lateral a dorso-ventral the heart, between the fir a seco intercoal space diameter decreased caudally (Table 1). a like females it is attached to the esophagus, by thin The pessulus has a wedge-shaped ructure, which serous membrane (Fig. 1B). divides the airways. The skeleton of the syrinx in both sexes was The vibrating ructure or voice producing ructure composed of 3 different cartilage groups: tympanum of the syrinx is composed of 2 medial (internal) (cranial cartilage), tracheo-syringeal cartilage (intermediate tympaniform membrane a 2 lateral (external) cartilage) a broncho-syringeal cartilage (caudal tympaniform membranes. cartilage) (Fig. 2). The lateral tympanic membrane lies on the lateral The tympanum was formed from 2-cartilage ring. aspect of the syrinx, which retches between the caudal The latero-lateral a dorso-ventral diameter decreases edges of la cartilage of tracheo-syringeal cartilage to from cranial to caudal. the cranial edge of the fir broncho-syringeal cartilage. Tracheo-syringeal cartilages were composed of 2 They are attached to the pessulus from its dorsal a cartilagous rings which latero-lateral length was longer ventral side. Themedial tympanic membrane is well than dorso-ventral length. Ventral a dorsal es of developed a forms the medial wall of the cranial e of intermediate cartilage were not joined to each other. bronchus. They retch between caudo-lateral wall of Each is C-shaped attached to the pessulus at its ventral pessulus a caudal e of interbronchial ligament e a free at its dorsal e. (Fig. 3). 247
Table 1: Dorsoventral (DV) a craniocaudal (CC) length of syrinx rings (µm) as arithemic means a aa deviations in male a female turkey Tympanum Tracheosyringeal cartilage Broncheosyringeal cartilage ----------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 ring 2 ring 1 ring 2 ring 1 ring 2 ring 3 ring th 4 ring Male DV 297.52±62.2 285.17±19.4 677.33±41.50 752.25±52.10 772.95±37.5 695.36±21.5 745.26±26.6 712.59±24.7 CC 392.43±31.7 365.34±21.7 1030.44±22.7 1097.58±20.5 495.55±31.4 435.46±29.8 432.58±24.5 432.47±18.5 Female DV 179.95±41.6 162.65±31.5 437.58±27.40 445.43±31.10 460.95±31.2 377.5823.60 345.98±19.7 375.42±26.8 CC 190.22±31.8 220.61±28.7 610.62±51.40 760.68±33.80 309.61±27.8 292.58±31.6 300.99±27.8 277.54±33.5 There is no tympanic bulla in the turkey s syrinx. cartilagous rings are fused to each other with circular The intrinsic muscles are absent in turkey, but the ligaments. extrinsic muscles were seen. The paired erno-tracheal The tracheosyringeal cartilages in male a female muscle is attached above the syrinx a tracheo-lateral turkey are composed of two complete rings. The chicken muscles observed in both side of the lower part of trachea [7, 8, 16, 21, 22, 23], singing bis, rooer, orich, pigeon in the ventral surface. [6, 9, 13, 17, 24, 25, 26] have 4 cartilages C-shaped rings. In hiological sections, the tunica mucosa of the The broncheosyringeal cartilages were composed of syrinx was lined by ciliated psudoratified epithelium 4 C-shaped half-rings which are different from those in with goblet cells. The lamina propria a submucosa other bis [3, 5, 9, 17, 1927]. In the pigeon this part has contained loose connective tissue with blood vessels a 5 incomplete rings a in the other bis there are only nerves. In the deep portion of lamina propria-submucosa, 3 incomplete rings. there are large amount of elaic fibers longitudinally The pessulusin turkeys were composed of connective oriented between the hyaline cartilage. The tunica tissue as described in new world turkeys [13] a orich adventitia, the outermo layer of the sections, consis [9]. This ructure is cartilaginous in chickens [3, 19, 20, of loose connective tissue with adipose cells small 27] a ossified in singing bis [16, 17]. The connective vessels a nerves (Fig. 4). tissue ructure of the pessulus in turkeys is probably due The microructure of the internal a external to the fact that the turkey is not a singing bi a thus tympanic membrane is the same. Internally the mucosa neither osseous nor cartilaginous ructure is needed to consis of a single layer of cuboidal or flattened cells keep the pessuluight. with a few goblet cells scattered among them. Uer this Vibrating membranes are present in the walls of the layer, there is a layer of coarse elaic fibers a then a bronchi. The lateral tympanic membrane in turkeys was layer of loose, fine collagen a elaic fibers with small in the same location as described for the chicken, gull, blood vessels a smooth muscle fibers. The la layer is singing bis a orich [3, 4, 6, 17, 19, 28]. This simple squamous epithelium. membrane is defined as the sou organ in many avian species [3] but in turkey the level of the outer surface is DISCUSSION supported by tracheosyringeal cartilage a therefore there is no ability to produce vibration a sou. The morphological ructure of the syrinx has been The medial tympanic membrane covers the open es of described in many bi species [3, 5, 13-17]. This udy the broncheo syringeal cartilage as reported in some presents some characteriics of this organ in turkey. other species [3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 29, 30]. Since both the trachea a primary bronchus participated The external syringeal muscles are paired, lie to the in its formation, the syrinx in the turkey could be classified right a left sides of tracheaa are divided into two as of trachea bronchial type comparable to that of groups, extrinsic a intrinsic. Extrinsic muscles are the chickens, orich, pigeon, male malla a long-legged ernotracheal a tracheolaryngeal in domeic fowl a buzza [3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 18, 19]. This type of syrinx is the pigeon. Intrinsic muscles are fou in singing bis, mo common type in bis [18]. The topographical passeriformes a parrots [24, 28, 30, 31]. In this udy, fiings of the syrinx in the turkey were similar to those of extrinsic muscles were observed in turkey syrinx. the chicken, rooer, pigeon, orich, long-legged buzza, The hiological ructure of the syrinx has been new world turkey [3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 19, 20]. inveigated in only few bi species. Of those, the The tympanum was composed of 2 tracheal cartilage hiological ructure of the syrinx in the turkey was rings in male a female turkey that is different from those similar to that of the chicken [2], duck [5], pigeon [9, 17] described in the chicken [7, 8, 16, 21, 22, 23], singing bis, a orich [6]. The mucosa lining, in particular, was the rooer, orich, pigeon [6, 9, 13, 17, 24, 25, 26]. These same as that of the chicken a duck [2, 5, 21, 32]. 248
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