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Hints for Slide ERG 21.  

If you haven't yet recognized this specimen, concentrate especially on regions 1 and 5.

  • Region 1, the main body, consists of coiled tubules, with occasional connective tissue septa dividing the body up into lobules.  What organ consists almost entirely of coiled tubules?
  • 5, an accessory organ, consists of a larger coiled tubule.  The tubules of region 1 are connected to the tubule of region 5 by the channels and tubules in regions 3 and 4.

Once you have recognized the organ, answer this question:  How do the tubules in the main body (region 1) differ in this immature specimen from what would be expected in a normal adult?

No more hints.


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