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Structure and Development of the ThyrolJ Gland
In Petromyzon.

A dissertation submitted to the Board of University
Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy

by

Albert ^!oore Reese,

Baltimore,

1900.

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STRU'?TURE AVD DEVELOPMENT OF THE TKYROIt) GLAND
IN PETROWYZON.

Inti'oduotion.
The material with which the following work was done
was of tv,'o, or possiblj' three, epecies. The first species was
Pt planerij the small lamprey that, in the adult condition, x-each-
es a length of about six inches only. This f-irslr"±&fc:r-«4i mate-
rial v/as collected by Dr. R. G, Harrison at Naples. It included
stages from the recently fertilized egg to the swimming larva
in which the yolk was no longer externally visible and in which
the mouth was separated from the pharynx only by a thin parti-
tion of cells. This oldest stage was killed fourteen days after
fertilization. , , -

The aecond. io-t of material was obtained at Ithaca,
N. Y, , and probably includes larvae of both F» ,d_or8%tus. Wilder
(Lake lamprey) and P, branchialis (Brook lamprey), as both species
are knov.'n to spawn in the same nest and it is impossible to tell
to v;hich species the larvae belong. Part of this lot of mate-
rial was sent me through the courtesy of Prof. S, H. Gag© of
Cornell; the rest I myself obtained from one of the "nests"
in a stream at Ithaca, New York.

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I wish to express here my gratitude to my friend
Dr. Ross G, Harrison for placing at my disposal the material
from which the younger stages of development were made out :
to Prof i^ ^§imon iH, Gage for the really considerable amount of
trouble he took in aiding one who was, at the time, wholly un-
knov/n to him, to obtain the older stages for this work: and to
Prof ^ Frooks for much valuable aid and many suggestions during
the progress of the work.
y •£: rinunc; I obtained the best results by killing in

Corrosive Acetic (95o.c. saturated solution of HgCl and 5c. c*

2
glacial acetic acid) , hardening in the usual alcohols and stain-
ing, in toto, with Borax Carmine and, on the slide, with Lyons
Blue. The greatest technical difficulty experienced was in ob-
taining good preparations of the long, gland cells. Embryos
were fixed in a number of ways, but in no single case was a good
preparation of the gland cells obtained. Maceration was tried
also, but with no success. Gome difficulty was experienced also
in sectioning the earlier stages, on account of the mass of yolk,
but with later stages there was no trouble of this kind.

All the sections were drawn with a camera, though in
most cases the details had to be filled in from a series of sec-
tions.

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Development of the thyroid gland in Petromyzon.

(llth day.) The thyroid begins, in Petromyzon, as
a simple pit or groove, pushed out from the ventral wall of
that part of the digestive cavity which may be called the pha-
rynx, though at this time there are no gill openings connecting
this cavity with the exterior.

This groove, or beginning thyroid, "as first found,
in tlvsr P. planeri .muL ^i Ii'jI", in an embryo eleven days old, that
is to say, eleven days after fertilization.

The external appearance of this embryo is seen in
Fig. 1 a. At this stage there is no external indication of gill-
slits, the mouth Is deeply pitted In, though not yet broken
through, and the yolk stilil forms a large, round mass at the
posterior end of the embryo. As is seen by the figure, the
embrjo is distinctly retort-shaped, the yolk-mass forming the
body of the retort, while the neck of the retort is represented
by the head and neck regions of the embryo. The stomodaeum is
seen as a pit in the head region, and, at a slightly older stage,
the first external indication of gill-clefts is seen as a series
of shallow transverse grooves in the narrowest part of the neck
of the flask.

The thyroid groove, at its anterior end, is broad and
deep, so that, with its thick walls, it is half as large, in
cross section, as the part of the pharynx from which it is de-

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rlved. Its lateral walls are, throughout its length, ver^ thlok,
and are composed of a single row of greatly elongated cells,
each cell v.'lth a large nucleus near its centre. The ventral
wall is usually much thinner and is composed of shorter, even
cubical, cells.

As the groove is followed posteriorly, it is found to
■fcecome gradually narrower and also somewhat more shallow until
it finally disappears.

Fig. 1 c, though representing a slightly older stage,
may be taken to represent a transverse section through the mid-
dle of the gland very shortly aftar its first appearance as
an evaginatlon from the floor of the pharynx (phar.). The thick
lateral walls and much thinner floor of the thyroid are shown
in this section. Anterior to the point represented in this
figure, the thyroid groove is somewhat wider, while posterior
to this point it is slightly narrower and gradually becomes
more and more shallow until it finally disappears.

The thyroid at this stage, then, is a groove, relative-
ly larger, perhaps, than at any other time, and opening along
its entire length into the pharynx,

(12th day.) On the twelfth day the thyroid begins to
be shut off from the pharynx by the growth of two horizontal
partitions, one roofing over the anterior end, the other roof-
ong over the posterior end, of the thyroid groove.

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These partitions or sopta are shov/n at a slightly
later stage in Fig. 3, which is a sagittal section through the
anterior end of a thirteen-day embryo, cutting the thyroid al-
most medially and paspin.fj slightly to the side of the medial
line of the mouth invagination. The anterior septum ( a. h. I.)
is seen to be further advanced than the posterior one, which ic
just beginning (p.h.l.). In this figure the cells of the thyroid
evagination are stippled to distinguish them from the remaining
cells of the pharyngeal vrall. That the section represented in
Fig, 2 did not cut the thyroid in an exact median plane ic shown
by the much elongated cells which form the floor of the froove.
The section was probably somewhat oblique. The body wall of
the embryo is shov/n in outline (b.w. ), and the first indication
of gill clefts is seen as tv/o or three evaginations of the i^ha-
rynx dorsal and anterior to the thyroid (v,c.), A transverse
section of the t"'elve-day embryo through the anterior end of the
thyroid (through the line ab in Fig. 3) shows that it is now
a closed cavity (Fig, lb), •vith thick walls, lying just beneath
the pharynx and between two large blood vessels. Throughout
the mesoblast that surrounds the thyroid are scattered niimerous
yolk granules, the mesoblast cells themselves being rounded
and very different in shape from what they will be in later
stages. The cells in the floor of the pharynx are not so sharp-
ly differentiated from those in the roof of the thyroid as is

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Indloated in this figure. The cells oP the body wall are very
similar in size and shape to those lining this part of the
pharynx. Fig, 1 c. is a section cut posterior to Fig, lb,,
(through the line a'b'. in Fig, 3) and passes through the part
of the thyroid which is still open above to the pharynx. In
Fig. 1 b, only the cells of the thyroid are dotted, while in
Fig. 1 c. the cells of both thyroid and pharynx are dotted.
The only change since the eleven-day stage is the beginning
of the horizontal septa, the anterior end of the thyroid being
converted into a closed tube by the backward growth of the ante-
rior septum.

The septa seem to be formed by a rapid growth at the
points where the most anterior and the most posterior epithelial
cells of the thyroid merge into those of the pharj^nx, causing
these tv?o projections to be pushed out, the upper layer of each
septum apparently being derived from the pharyngeal epithelium,
the lower from what may be called the epithelium of the thyroid
(Fig, 3). The thyroid, though closed in anteriorly, is still
entirely open above for a greater part of its length. As is seen
in Fig, 1 b., the dorsal wall of the thyroid is closely pressed
against the ventral wall of the pharynx, £0 that it is difficult
to distinguish the two walls.

It will be interesting to compare the^Petromyzon^^hy-

roid at this stage v/ith the thyroid, at a corresponding stage,
in Amblystoma (Figs. 8 a and R b). A section through the

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anterior end of ths^-^Pe tr omy zon^hyroidj (Fig. lb.) shows it
to be a closed cavity ■while posteriorly it is still an open
groove (Pig. 1 o.). In Amblystoma, on the other hand, the open
groove is anterior to the closed part of the gland, the closing
in taking place apparently in a postero-anterior direction.

(13th and 14th days.) At about this time the lateral
walls of the thyroid, especially towards the anterior end,
become greatly thickened by the increase In length of the co-
lumnar cells of which they are composed. At the same time an
invagination of these thickened walls occurs as a longitudinal
groove pushing inv/ard and upward from the outside of the gland
(Fig. 2b,l.v. ) . This invagination becomes still more larked
In later stages and extends farther in a posterior direction.

At this stage the extreme anterior end of the thyroid
is forked, so that a section through this region would show
two distinct cavities with thickened lateral and ventral walls
(Fig, 2 a). This is plainly seen in sections and in a wax re-
construction of the thyroid made from a series of sections of
this stage. These two divisions of the anterior end of the gland
are separated by a vortical partition of mesoblast. The two
parts of the thyroid are more widely separated by the mesoblast
than they will be p.t later stages, but at this stage the sepa-
ration extends only a short distance from the anterior end of •
the gland. The thyroid is here not so closely pressed against

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the pharynx as was the case in previous sections, being separated
from the wall, of the pharynx by a collection of mesoblast cells.
The cavity of each half of the gland is crescentic in cross
section, and on the left side Is seen the beginning, of the lat-
eral invagination.

The thyroid cavity is closed in now for about 2/5 of
its entire length, both anteriorly and posteriorly, so that its
opening into the pharynx is reduced to a slit extending only
1/5 the length of tile gland.

Sections through the thyroid, anterior to this opening
(Fig, 2 b, ) but posterior to the divided portion of the anterior
end, show the cavity to be considerably complicated by the thick-
ening and folding of the walls. The simple, circular cavity
of the preceding stage (Fig. lb,) is now reduced, by the growth
and invagination of the walls, to a narrow vertical slit with
lateral diverticula above and below, giving the cavity, in cross
section, somewhat the shape of a distorted letter ?, The dorsal
wall of this cavity (Pig. 2 b,, d.l,) is comparatively thin, being
composed of a single layer of rather short col'umnar cells, and
is what Dohrn calls the "Decklamelle, " The ventral wall is also
comparatively thin, and shows in the centre, at the extreme
anterior end of the unpaired cavity, a slight upward projection
(Fig, 2 b, ra.l,) which would seem to be the first indication
of the medial longitudinal partition that will later divide
the gland into two lateral parts. According to Dohrn, this me-

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dlal laniella is formed as far back as the opening of the gland,
before the lateral invagination takes plaoe, but in my material
this is certainly not the case, as is shown in "ig. 2 b.

T'he lateral invaginations extend posteriorly to a
point a little behind the anterior edge of the slit-like opening
into the pharynx, "ig 2 c being from a section that cut through
the extreme posterior part of the invagination in the right side
but was too far posterior to out that of the left side, either
because the section was somewhat oblique or because the right
invagination had proceeded further than the left^

It is well to get a clear idea of these lateral invag-
inations in the simple condition represented in '^ig 2 b, as the
more complicated later stages will thus be more easily under-
stood ere the lateral walls straightened out, thus obliterat-
ing the lateral invaginations, the thyroid would be reduced to
a more or less cylindrical body, as it was in "ig lb, though
with a much larger cavity he long cells of the lateral walls
are divided by the invagination into two groups, which become
more and more distinct as development proceeds '''n ^Ig 2 b
one of these groups, on each side, lies between the invagination
and the perpendicular part of the cavity of the gland; the other
group lies betv/een the invagination and the dorsal, horizontal
part of the cavity '"ompare "ig 5 e ) '^he cavity of the
thyroid between this point and the posterior edge of the ox^ening
into the pharynx is simply a deep and narrow groove, slightly

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expanded at the ijottoci where a narrow space is Isft, on either
side, betv;-een the thlok lateral and thin ventral walls (Fig, Cd) .
Along this croove-like part of the thyroid the cells of the
pharynx and gland pass quite insensibly into one another, and
are not sharply distinguishable as might be supposed from the
stippling in Figs, 2 c and 2 d. The portion of the thyroid pos-
terior to the opening is a simple tube-like structure, nearly
circular in outline and with a vertical slit-like cavity
(Fig, 2 e). The >7alls here are of nearly the same thickness
on all sides, and lie in contact with the epithelluin of the
pharynx above and with that of the body wall below; jn fact,
throughout almost the entire length of the gland this is the case.
On each side of the thyroid throughout its entire length lies a
pseudobranchial artery (art.) ( "Rpritzlooharterie" of Hohrn) ,
There is no indication, as yet, of the ciliated grooves, "Pseudo-
branohialrinne. "

The stages of development which follow were obtained
from thsr Ithaca, mfiiftria^., -h icb ms:isi^i^, it will be remember^jd, x

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tsa=a possibly of two species neither of which was identical with
th e.f rapl e^Jmat e r laj, , P, planer i.

The next change that is noticed in the thyroid gland
is the development of the median vertical lamella (Fig. 4 a,
m.e.) which is formed by the invagination of the thin dorsal
and ventral walls, beginning at the anterior end and gradually
extending posteriorly until, at this stage, the gland is separated

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".©nnliXirl
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.-n.r...i < -f rXiw it , Xcl r.v^ai ■fof''- , f«Xif=*Am aoa/flT '»«<1 •oi'^
I/^ol^noil B«w rfol:-:* lo ' lo ^Xcf'

• lioneX'i ,*! ,X«lnv :t«i:
I-"!-, i toT: '.r clj ill loolv^on at S»rii ttinrndo Sx9n oifT
,c ■- .n-i") fill' uifl V arlbaa «rirf "io iaGc-qoiav

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into two distinct lateral parts, from the anterior end about
half way to the opening into the pharynx. Fig, 4 a is a section
through the extreme posterior edge of the partition, showing
the invagination of dorsal and ventral walls. The once simple
tube is complicated nov,r by four invaginations of its walls.
The two that have been spoken of as the "lateral invaginations"
(i.v.), pushing into the thick side v/alls in a dorso-median di-
rection, are not very different from •«ti»4"~*e -eaw in Fig. 2 b.
The other tw^o push towards each other from the roof and floor of
the gland (Fig. 4 a, m.l.) until they meet and fuse, thus sepa-
rating the thyroid into two distinct lateral halves. At a later
stage of development mesoblast cells press in betv/eon these halves
to form a thin mesoblastic partition. At this stage the meso-
blast is composed still of closely-packed, rounded cells, and
contains a few scattered yolk granules. It is at this time also
that the first trace of the ciliated grooves (the "Pseudo-
branchialrinne") makes its appearance as a groove in the floor
of the pharynx, extending anteriorly a short distance from the
opening of the gland (Fig. 4 b, v.c.g.). At this stage no cilia
could be seen, and the groove was much wider than it was at later
stages of development. The cavity of the gland, in the region
represented in Fig, 4 b, still retains, in cross section, its
resemblance to the letter T. This section is anterior to the
duct, but posterior to the median lamella represented in Fig. 4 a.
The other changes noticed at this stage are t- the closing of the

1 i . w 1 .

, lo •'^b© •»oi'>' -♦aoq

iLrj "mo ^rTt •■Haw I«*iiit«iv lm« £«aiob lo notSMnt^rvnl erlJ

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-■ I'-lhfflHoeaob a nl «II«* eblt aloJtiii edi oinl ']alr!«>Jvj «(•▼•!)
. .'." nl TfTfl* »w i«riw moiT w* :if»v ion t>n/* 4noi«to9i

Lna looi orfi aiOTl: if.iio loijo al'xnwo^ rlBu^ owi is.iio srlT
' ,o8cl boB J»e>« 'i«rfi Illau (.Itis ,« > •'^i'^) brr«X'\ e-^*
•Ir i I Jonlialb ouJ oJul Lloi; fJ oii$

nl aaOiti a I loo .'aslcfoauj: :
srfj e3JiJ9 airlJ i* •nolitJiB^I oliifiI>-fo«ft« olrfi « mio^ o3
. • ^i'lbr Lotni/oi ,LB3{-jBq- jXeaoIo Jo llliB Loaoqaoo si: iaalJ
.' is ai it •asXunui'^ ^Xo'; bbioJiaoa w«l • eniainoo
-oluaa?" ©iii) aevooT. beinXIio orfi To *oi«ii iaiXl ©rii iarfi
*■'! en^ ni • -'• ar ©onBiBftqiifl aii (•oiii

moil eonnialb .tncfi e ^Xioliaina ^nibnf»ix» ,xn\i«.iq en'i Ic
on c^jiv*a airfi i** .(.-i.o.v ,:f > •'\t'^) bnf-l'y tjii to Tjn^noqo
I J*^ aA-w .ti n/iMd ToLIvr -fo.rfli afiw ©vooi'i edi ttii' ,noo3 ?>J fcXuoo
!0.^ •tjn ofii ni »brt/'X^ -ili lo iiivao ©riT .i/ioaqoXevftb lo ao^^Bia
aJi ,".oI^oea n^ ,«inJt.nio'i flli% ,d > •»|1'7 nX boirteaeiq«T

n :* o.- loJ al .'.ol.*oe8 il IT ,T -if>*ioX arii oi eonaXcfmsaei

- ,'•!' nl ^oifT^O01q9^ j'IIozjbX nfllL&ia eflJ o.» lolToiaoq Svd ,ioi/L

_1 "_

slit -like opening into the pharynx until only a small circiilar
canal is left (no section through this opening is represented) ;
the thinninr of what we shall hereafter call, after Dohrn, the
"cover"oells ( "Decklamelle") (Fig. 4 b, d.l.), and the thickening
and deeper invagination of the "gland" cells ( "Drusenlamelle")
(Fig, 4 b, g.l.). TThe part of the gland posterior to what we
may call now the "duct" remains about as in the preceding stage
(Fig. 4 c).

The larvae of the next stage were about nine mm. long,

A j%

and showed all the outward characteristics of the normal ammo- v

a.

coetes. An outline drawing, from life, of the side of the head
is shown in Fig, 5 a. Being drawn under the microscope with a
camera, the relative size and position of the thyroid are accu-
rately shown. The gland is seen to extend from the first to the
fifth gill arch, and to be closely wedged in between the pharynx
above and the body wall belov/. The upwardly curved ends did not
show in the living animal, except as indicated by the upward
bending of the longitudinal grooves; neither did the duct leading
to the pharynx, so these features were omitted in this illustra-
tion. The longitudinal grooves are exaggerated somewhat in the
drawing. The gland, in life, had a faintly yellov/ color, while
the rest of the larvae, except the blood, was nearly v/hite,
with numerous many-branched, black pigment spots resembling very
ccmpllcated nerve cells. The living larva of this age is quite
transparent, so that the pulsation of the heart and of the velum

. aa a lino llinv Kn^^'ie..^

... . \ ..... ,

•1 :

L''j rrU bn« t<,X.b ,cf ^ .al"^) ("©IlemFlipeC) •iX«o*'ievo&"
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px!Vi«X or{T
1^ • ton oiii To •olw'«li©Jofl'i/<rfo ti«w^uo «rlJ fX» -

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.D bloi'i>'.: o.ii ?o iJoX^-taoq ba» •!!• •vX^«X«'x erJi »c -—
' moi'i I.no,*X0 o* n&es 3l LnalR f
ill t . -ilaw ,;IeaoIo ©cf oJ tne ^
atno iovnuo ;Xfci«irqi. oflT .woX©<i II«w -jbod ©ri^ bnu evcda
^cf teJrclLnl ae i^9cx& «XiiaXn£ inlvll ©rfi nl woria
I 'o'.! «»fii L>lt TP.I.^lfrn ;a©vco-i-, : I orfJ

IIJL si ^i nl t©«ilmo oisw aaii'^Jiol ©a©rii oa tXnci«fii| orii oi
; .Ti bftJCTf «i3rtxe oia aevooni Xenii

,'joXoo woIX©'£ ■fcX.tnliBl A barf »o^lX .il ,i ,8nlw«iL

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■/ iriii u'loacn a^o-ja Jneci-.lq ;{or[! ,L«'^oa
i.-i i ©•« alrii "^o flv^nX 'jnlvll ©riT .aiXoc ovt n
'. ;v odj 'c Liif. iT««ri f.!.^ fo jiol^flaXi^'q erfj ^s f.} om ^ ^^ •■ •• - ^ « ♦

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(v,), and the circulation of the blood through the branchial
arches can be seen easily under a low power. The thyroid,
being rather more opaque than the rest of the animal, shov;s very
plainly by contrast. In the figure the outlines of the pharynx
and the positions of the arohes are sho\7n by the broad dotted
lines. The characteristic hood-like projection over the raoiath
is also shovm. With the exception of the eye (e.), no attempt
has been made to represent any of the other organs of the larva.

A ventral view of the larva of this age shows the thy-
roid as a clearly defined elongated body, lying against the ven-
tral wall of the pharynx.

By this time great advances have been made in the de-
velopment of the thyroid and of the ciliated grooves. Fig. 5 b
is a transverse section a short distance anterior to the thyroid.
It shows the spinal cord (sp.c), notoohord (ch,), body wall
(b.w. ), etc. in outline, while the cell structure of the pharynx
(phar, ) is shov/n. This section, on the right side, passes through
the ciliated groove at the point (1) where its anteriorly-dlrectf'
ed, ventral branch (v.c*g., on the left) turns dorsalward to run
posteriorly as the dorsal groove (d.cg., on the left). On the
l-^ft of the section the two branches of the groove are distinct
as a dorsal (d.cg.) and ventral (v. e.g.) groove. These grooves
are lined with cells which are much higher, and more colamnar
than the cells of the rest of the pharyngeal wall, so that they
are easily follo\7ed„ by sections, throughout their course.

. .;.vc/a ^Ij^mlnt orti ^c ieei drfJ ntitiS •apsqo •fO« lort^tai ....
bil* To nt,nitSiC ^.ii t •ffj nT . '

Oil ,(,!5) B\e ftfli ■

0 •rfj *! 1 O^ obAia rjor cf irri

jiJ sworfi e^a «lfiJ To •vn«l ©iti ^o w©lv taninf^v A

, -fcocf ! „IiR^ro " ar bloi

is nl etcm nBocf eVBd seonAVfea ifletg »«iIJ alrf^ X'

.aovooin L«.?«lIlo I na Lloi'i^vt urft lo ^n&cqolcv

o^ lolTttinr ocnr.JalL ^iO.'^a a nolioo* oaieVBariJ a al
II«w .Locf «(«rio) biotiooion «(«o*qa) bioo X/!nJLi|S ericf tworfa .fl
1o 6 Ja IXor crfi oIIi1t» ,onllJuo nl ,r>^e ,(,w,d)

. i In ort«J no ., . . _

^Ih- ^Liolioina ait oioffw (I> inloq eM^ Jr evroom Lf^talllo erti
o.* tTc lanioL a.n j (i'^ol a.li no (•^•c»v) '^Cu/^itf Imirrcv ,t&
o iif" .(w*'tf-.I yiU no ^.g.o.L) ovooi^ laaioL B'iJ aa
..o.'.I.'bU t<"ijs evoo'x:* eiJ 1o aarienancf owJ sri-* noi.tee8 orl^f to ^t^X
•noiTP .ovccii (.-!,c»v) ^ Xao'iob n ar

T.^.uflii.Ioo eioai Lno t 'r^irj rfoiiffl oia fol 'w afXao iJl-
.fe-"* .•pfj o3 ^IXiJw Xc© ->n\'ii?':q eii lo \t8«n ©'fJ lo afXao ©rll narfJ
.0?-' 10 -itf :♦ *.":.-;- o'i -'J ,8nol;Joo-.' ,-■' ,;

-14-

Their cilia are short and indistiriot.

The meeoblast (mes.) surrounding the thyroid and pha-
rynx Is now quite different from that of earlier stages, being
composed of scattered angular cells instead of closely packed,
more or less oval cells. The yolk has disappeared. The outline
of the pharynx is represented in a somewhat diagrammatic manner,
though it was traced as accurately as ijossible under a camera.

Fig, b 0 shOY/s the wide separation of the dorsal and
ventral branches of the ciliated grooves so that the two dorsal
branches f'.re now quite near together at the mid-dorsal line
(d.c.g.), while the two ventral branches also are seen to approach
each other as they pass posteriorly along the walls of the pha-
rynx . (v. e.g. ) . The dorsal rrooves continue to approach each
other gradually as they are followed posteriorly until they are
separated only by a median ridge of ciliated columnar cells
(Fig. L d) . At a point a short distance anterior to the thyroid
the grooves disappear n.nd the medial ridge continues posteriorly,
though diminished in height, as the ciliated dorsal ridge
(Fig. 5 k, c.d.r,). This ridge continues to the extreme poste-
rior end of the pharynx and enters the oesophagus, of which it
forms, for some distance, the ciliated dorsal wall.

The ventral grooves, as has been said, approach the
mid-ventral line of the pharyngeal wall until they unite and lead
into the duct of the gland (Fig8.5e-i), Posterior to the

LJm^'j »f*j ) ^«cI:fo«r

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)4ioa « fll > .»i al X «/li lo

. ■1-^:^0 T> -{atnu eX<fX«8o<| a« -;XaJ4irieo« •« baofti^ ai»w il fl^ijO-'lJ
»iv' lo nc

oa eev lo i

e.ill LB9.TQb'bXu oii J« lo {^anio-- a»«n e^*li;p "Won oi-* a«fi©naid

lo alXAw Q.iJ -\aQLr. , ^ «p

• -» iorvjiiq(|» oJ ei/.tUnoo aflivoona Xaaaol) erfT • ( o.o.t) •iM^:i

alXoo nr.rinu. .'alXlQ *io egLli ^<^ t^ao ^

.{'I-J »-iJ oi lolTo^nr. •ona^alb >ioia « ;nl»si a iA .(t '■ .%!'')

It I^lLua Oiii btn'. alt aryoon

s-jil-i i Xlo «Kj •' »: ol t

-ttJaj J aiaeijx© «di oJ a«wiiX.» loe e»ifcli al-fT .(.i.t.o ,3( <^> .al*?)
ii ioi 'w lo ,a 300 ©rti aic-'i-iu Lnn xniiclj adJ lo bno loli

.ITait Ifla-i^L » vjJ/:iJlc arfv* ,HC.'i/:v*aIL taoa -lO'l ^8a^ol
^ ' o.''(;iqqn ,Li/ia ne^rf a/^ji an «a»VQ0*i3 la'tJnav ©rfT
i :...■: ^ -Li.; vs.-fi Lt^'m: II«v. ' 9.r?j Ito enl r I

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openinp Into the thyroid they are continued on the floor of the
pharynx as a single, shallow, median groove (Figs, 5 j-k),
which finally disappears posterior to the thyroid as a groove,
hvit continues to t^e oesophagus as a ridge of thickened epithe-
lium. In an embryo out sagitally so that the pharynx may be
laid open and exposed from above, the ciliated grooves m?.y be
seen easily with the naked eye, and still more plainly with a
lens, but n£ indication of grooves or bands running from the dor-
sal ciliated ridge to the ventral groove is to be made out.
A transverse section through one of the gill arches showed the
presence of very fine, short cilia, but their arrangement could
not be made out. '^his arrangement of ciliated grooves is quite
different from that described by Willey in his interesting book
"Amphioxus and the Ancestry of the "ertebrates. " On page 168
he saye:-"These grooves curve forwards and upwards in front of
the gill clefts (after the obliteration of the first gill-pouches),
and then proceed backwards on either side of the dorsal middle
line of the pharynx as far as the commencement of the oesoph-
agus. Fere they appear to curve downwards again, and uniting
together, extend forwards as a median ventral groove to the pos-
terior lip of the hypobranchial aperture."

The arrangement of the ciliated bands and grooves
then is briefly as follows:- On the floor of the pharynx, begin-
ning at or near the opening of the oesophagus. Is a ridge of
epithelium on "vhich no cilia could be made out. This ridge.

. »I1 ''^ no l.©^..-,..:o •i« it. .- . - -

> n S O^ t'

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.nji xn.Tfldi ©-^i Jiif!* OS >(fXit^l3as ^tle o{i(fa» na al •auil

on b^i^lLto ^d9 t»vo<f« «oi" b«tOk{x* Lno ne;^

'*Iw ^(nl«Xq e-som tltit bn/n «»^ft tasCan adJ ditw '^XisBci neea

1 *»lnnf 10 at^vooTtii *lo nol^aelbai on .'tcf «tn8l

b/iffl »(f oi al evoois Xaiinov offi oi egLli Le,}aIXIo Xaa

bf'-mo'*a sAffoiM riXis »/(:* ^o •no /li^uonrlit rrolioaa •snovan«ii A

Ju^f t^^Xio Jiorfa ^aiUl 7i«v ^o eonoaci i

i aevooT^ L9S/\Hlo lo Ui^acnnniin alr!*^ »Sjo •bmm ncf jon

nnlia«n«t}nl aid nX ^^aJXl* •(if ii*tfXioaat iarfi aoiJ ina^altib

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-it ftX ali«w<jij bnM at'iawiol ovnuo aevoom •a-'rfT*-:a\.aa i»n'

jjoi-IIln ^anll t»rf^ lo nolisi4k«lXcfc •rti «aJl«) aileXo IXXa 'di

iffl I««nofc f>rl7 "io obl« Ti»riJte no atnawaforcr teeoonq nerli bnc

- .890 <»rfJ lo in^iiaftcnfiffiffloo oriJ aB la^ Br. xniardq erfi lo aii;tX

-.nl.tlai; Lnr ^nlov' at^i^wnwob eviiie OJ iAoqq« \,«ri^ aioH •tusa

-; • ' • oi evooi'i X/<iJn«»v n/^lt^iB * an atiBTrio*? bn^Sxtt ^n^iI^a^oJ

* •••it.,t'i«q*! X^i'^nMrfoi^^td oriJ lo qlX loXit*^
aevooi'-i t«D aLn«'f beiaiXXo erfJ Jo intmB^nm^itt erfT
-ni-^f. f ,xn•^:'lJBf^i ©-f.' lo Toci'.' • i^ .tO -rawoHot a« -I^sIt^ al nerfJ
lo e^Mi n %} ,OL'iiJ kiO«©o odJ "Jo irern no ;tn "^nln

ttt'itl'i t1 .'" . Ji o vt nm e-f fcluoo «lXlo on 'fol'^*^ no aullr '*' -

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after extending forwards for a very short distance, becomes
changed cjradually into a shallow, median, ciliated groove that
continues without change to the duct of the thyroid. Just ante-
rior to the duct the ventral ciliated groove splits into two
grooves, which separate r.radually, on the floor of the pharynx,,
and, near the extreme anterior end, pass upward on each side
to the roof of the pharyngeal cavity. The grooves then converge
as they pass backwards until, at a point anterior to the front
end of the thyroid, tbey unite again and from the median, cili-
ated, dorsal ridge which extends backwards to the oespohagus,
of which it forms, for a short distance, the dorsal wall.

In the rrland itself the changes begun in previous
stages have been carried now much further. The cover cells
(Figs. 5 e-m, d.l,) (necklarnelle) have shortened until they nov.'
form a sort of mem>:rane, while the gland cells C^igs. G f-m,
g.l.) have greatly elongated and their nuclei now lie near one
end. The gland is completely divided by the median lamella
(Figs, 5 e-h, m.l.) from the anterior end as far back as the
duct. ^rom the duct to the posterior end (Figs, b x-k, m.l,)
the lamella is simply a partition rising from the floor of the
gland but not reacMnr; to the roof, its upper edge beinp swollen
for a considerable distance posterior to the duct (Figs^ 0 i-k,
m.l,). The lateral invagination is very deep and important in
determining the structure of the organ. Tear the anterior end
(Fig. 5 e, i.v.) it has not changed greatly from the condition

I .1 >o JouL ©rli oi : ' ittoe

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^ t*ij lo " ^rfi no ,;IIi»ub«^" :©• dot 'w ^aevoon-)

» no bTfiirqiu oi^q ^tno i a eaonixe . -?.♦ n

^ inloq « ^B ,IIjnL/ «bn««)(oi)cr a« ii as

, .^jao orli o^ at i««j(o«d 8bneix« /lolrlv e,<)ti'a XaaioL «t}«iB

.Ham LaeioL "--U , ^•lO'fi « lol ,9ffliol >H ^

i nt do ©rli TlfraJl bncXi erl^ nl

..>o liivoo »dT ,itt.'iiij'i ricum won ba^nitfo iie«cf ovrrf ••n/sit .
.tiorfa *v»-d (oiIo;iirXj(o»r) (,X«fc ,ffl-e « .
^.c-1 C .a'il") aXIeo Inrl- ori.* ellfv. ^aa^i ^attm Jo Jioa o aio"]
ao imttn elX von Xelovn ii«r!J fcn* bo^ai^noXet iX^«ai«< evuri (.X*^

t^rij ^d LiitXviJ tXeJfXqmco ei cdT .ba* n^

J ar <o«<f lal 8« ba« .* ■oil (.X.a ^d-a a ••nil) ■

(.I.m ,3<-l 0 •■'^l'?) bne iQlne^apq arfJ oJ iowb oriJ mo'j'' •Jotfb.
^" to j.iJ otoil ^niftii aol,flJi«>j a ^Xqinls aX clXe/n^X arfi

jk.' aJl ^looT arii oi laX^ocei ;fon iucf bnaXji'^<
«x-l . .a-'XT) JcbL fidi oJ[ lolia^aoq oonniaXb ttlrfBioLXanoo « lOl ■
al JacJio^aX Lnc ;}oot£ ^ xav al .. 7^1 r •(•Xaa- .

L.-iw loi-i ':• Tfv '.-liJ 'ma [ ..-j/jnio art^ to. ©"xuiOiJi^a »rii ^,ninXui .
■'Uli.'.or . "ti aioil i,Xit/j-j-.n LD^jiic.-.o Joa aa.1 JX (.v.l ,e o .si"'

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irx whicli it was at the last stage, but as we pass to seotions
farther back we find that the invagination forms a oonsiderable
cavity in each lateral half of the gland (Figs. 5 f-h, i.v.),
and posterior to the duot the gland, in cross section, is seen
to be divided into three distinct parts, a central and tv;o lat-
eral divisions (Figs. 5 i-k). In the posterior part of the
invagination mesoblast cells are seen often (Fig. 5 i, mes,).

The most extensive and complicated changes that have
taken place are those of the gland cells (g.l.). The first among
the changes to be mentioned is the separation of these cells
into two groups, the ciliated cells, and gland aells proper.
The method of this separation is partly shovm in "ig. 5 e. As
seen in this section, the nuclei of the gland cells appear to
have arranged themselves near the periphery of a somev/hat oval
mass of cells and to have been pushed in, at one point, by the
lateral invagination (i.v.). On the medial side of this oval
mass of cells, lying parallel to the median lamella (m.l.),
is seen a double row of nuclei, the lateral row (n.gl.) appar-
ently having been separated from the medial row (n.f.l.). The
nuclei in the medial row become the nuclei of short columnar cells
(Fig. 5 f, f.l.), while the lateral nuclei remain in the gland
cells proper (Fig. 5 f,g.l,). A considerable space is formed
between the ciliated cells and the gland cells, which becomes con-
nected with the lateral invagination (Figs. 5 f-h, I.v.) by the
separation, in the centre (at the end of the line n.g.l., Fig.Se)

-:i-

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ov.j- ta,'i I f ^3finq Jo ••Tii oJn* bofcivlt o<f o ?

i' to iT«q ■ s.ii nl .(i-1 3 .oin) iiot-i It'i;

.(.H^jctt-,! o .il'^) neilo neea ft-x* atXeo i«iiXcfo«vi& itctir'nt'^vni

»iT .(•I*i) 8iX»o fcHAl^ ei.t lo asolvt ©nr 90/?Iq p.. Xi»^

atleo oB-iiJ To iioli«'i»q8« arfJ «! Loiiolinsa •</ oi sf^'^.iJi.io »ii

.iH^oi>^ allar b.ialT Lrw ,8 fie' tsMliio ni.' , ov.t o.^nl

.8 J .^1" al jr»o 'a ^lii^-.q ai n lo L

• n^eqqjs allvo bnRl^ fiJ '^o laloaa ofli ^tiot^ot-a iiiJ ni noes

L • 08 c lo •{1 asvlft8.Ti8.!i ho'^n^'iiM f^vri

i ^ »ialCvi oito in ,iil bf-iIai-Tii Aee>T evavl oi Laa alXeo lo 3ar«ii

Lr.vo itii 1o etla XflXfc»m erti nO •(•Vtl) nolJanl-^jnvnX XaiaifiX

t(.X.fli) r.LlKicL ntitLbm e't.* o* X«IX8i8q nni jl «8lX90 lo aa/UB

-i.^Xi'* (•X^in) wo'i Xbts *itX 811 J «XsXova 1o won ©Xijot a neoH ^l

' T .(.I.'J.ri) WOT XiitLftffl ©rtf aK)tl toi«']Av^«>8 n8«-f ^nlyari :Xin«

wXoo iio.la lo tuLoua 8<1J eaooo i woi Xall oa •lii ni loXoun

.13 ffi nl nlBtaei laXoun Xano^rX erii slilw «(«X»1 »! 6 •iJiX")

f emiot al voaqt eXcfan^blanoo ^ •(•X.Scl 5 •SXT) leqotq bIXoo

:'.->o ".naooei iol fw ^alXdo fcnjBlT wrfj tna alXeo LeJfllXlo 8^^ neov»^e:f

- ~ : .v.l ,f:-1 'i .8 1~> nolJr.tl /tvni laieJrX erii fi,Jlw Le^oen

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of the nuclei of the lateral row (n.gl.) and the joining of
these separated ends with the nuclei of the adjacent sides of
the Invaglnated, double row of nuclei; the cells above (dorsal
to) the line n.g.l. (Fig. 5 e) joining with those above the
invagination (l.v.), and the cells below (ventral to) n.g 1.
joining the cells on the lower side of the Invagination. In
other words, the space formed between the ciliated cells and
the gland cells becomes connected with the exterior by the break-
ing through (betv/een the short parallel lines at the end of the
reference line n.gl., ^ig. 5 e) of tr.e lateral invagination.
The nuclei that are connected by the short black lines, referred
to above, will lie hereafter in adjacent gland cells.

The resialt of these changes is not only the formation
of a distinct layer of columnar ciliated cells (Fig. 5 f, f.l.),
but also the formation of ^'our groups of gland cells in each
half of the thyroid. Of these four groups of cells, two are
large and have reached nearly their full differentiation at this
stage (Figs, 5 e-j, g.r.); the other two (Figs. 5 e-j , g.r'.)
are still very small and undeveloped, though even when fully
developed they remain somewhat smaller than the first formed
groups. The large groups of gland cells are somewhat fan-shaped,
v/hen seen in cress section, and are composed of greatly elon-
gated conical cells, whose nuclei lie at their bases.

On account of the great difficulty In obtaining good

preparations of these gland cells, as^f-ore mentioned, many series

\

o -vfilnlct, o;lJ tnii (.Ii.n) woi I Co«n erti 1o

. I- ' ■ 1o lelr * -^^aqot

) uvo'ia iLi • ;i»Xoun lo woi ei

f. •:♦ «vod« eaor!^ riv*l« -^nlnlo;, (© fl .si') •I«3«fi •nil srii (oi

. T.n {0.1 r /) woXed allfto ©rfi tfl« «(«VaX) nr>t<* veil

,i\ o.iJ lo 9biM Tovol erl^ no afleo f>rii ."jnlnloj,

..:>• 3iXoo i;?»i«lXlo 9ii3 nfaewi*^ Lomot aoaqi arfi «8i>iow •s»ri4o

e'li i« e&alX XeXX-inq ino.-^a o-^* ^^ovic•^)
.aol*a,-l'>iJvnl Iei6*«X o.U lo (o 3 •■^1'^ 1 •X')«n e>ail eoaaislei

• arXeo Ln«X3 inf.ofil.I//' nX ittilaaTel oXX XXi- « oi.

jiio'J a?i^ 'iXixo 5ofi ai aer^aislo o8©<i.* lo il^iafrt ©rfT . .,

4! 6 ,'-!'^) aCXeo XcialXXc icnansLoo to le'crX ^o.iXialL » 7o-
r r..; nX aXXeo bnal^ lo au-uoi:i il,o': lo . lol eriJ oaXc .^'-Ji

9i£ owu* jaiXr.o lo BiUOTT) I'JOl oaoti^ 10 ,tlQi\<i^ ^4 la IX^c-l
• .♦;■ -L XXk.1 iXiaan 1 1 'Vr

(.'i.'i ,i,-o * .83!'") ovi itfii^o a.-i.* ; ( .i,^ ,(,-• ' •a-j.XT) 9*xb^b
.fXi. • ■T'j.'w fr»ve lTi,o;lJ ,LoqoX»v©Lm/ fc«n XXamt '^nfv fXiia ©"sa-
; ''r;"!:^ r .'aiil »r\3 narirf •jeltr.aa jJSwtvfiinoB iiicifi ;©i* '

-.-ic't J;3 1 air alXftf) LanlH lo < .aquoT'

- 'o£a 'iX^i^«fi3 lo boacqmoo «n« in/^ ^noiJoe'i awono nX n»o8 neriw
.a'tanf iXo-'i i« »XX Xeioun ono-'w «ariec\ XeoXrtoc
L-z^r i.'.lnln^'io iX y;JLooXl'>lb ^««in 9'ii lo Jn^rocofi nO ^
I'lirn ;• r,»- , tftijoXiiif-m •>'io''N 'rO ^alXfO btifiln, oaeii lo sncl'r*- ~^""

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of sections had to be studied before any conclusion could be
reached as to the minute structure of the cell groups. The point-
ed ends of the cells are directed towards the opening (o.) of
the cell group, and, in the later stages at least, are usually
obscured by the mass of secretion which fills any space there
may be in the centre of the cell gro\ap. In practically every in-
stance there was a small protuberance at the opening of the cell
group (Fig. 5 g and Fig, 6 1, p.s.) which appeared to be a small
mass of secretion which had been forced out of the cell ^roup
by the contraction of the gland at fixation. There was no se-
cretion found in any other pert of the gland, which fact could
be explained only by supposing that the secretion was carried
away, as fast as it was formed, by the cilia. As seen in Fig. 6 1
(a camera drawing of a section of the next stage, magnified
925 diameters), the opening of the cell group is covered over
by a membrane which is continuous with the membrane from which '
the cilia arise. As this membrane, in any given group, may be
followed without a break through a long series of sections,
p.nd the protuberance of secreted matter seen in each section,
it is difficult to see how the secretion gets on the outer side
of the membrane, unless It passes through a series of holes
in the membrane that, when filled as they are with secretion,
are too minute to be seen, even voider a magnification of 1200
diameters.

In "Ig. 6 1 may be seen, just under the basement mem-

:t •j.^'Joa^ lloo «rfi "Jo oiuJouiia ©vtunlm ©rii oi
io ( .o) ui-icwo* te.ioeTlt ©lo alleo orl^

'lauau ois* «isii(»X ^£ sugAJa -ii:i«X mtii al ^bti^^ «quoi3 I..

iiJolJor-iq nl .qiJOi^ lieo trfi lo e-iinoo d^ nl c
1 loo ertv* lo ^nlnoqo »rivt iB eonnieduJoiq XI«a« « a.-jw erx»rfi eoniJia
^ o^ ' I« .-!ol1w (.a. I ,1 J .21'=! bn« 9 S •iX'') <li^oi

- Ci / tXao a.1i '10 Jjo LootoI aoe-f I)«r( 'lolrfw noi^fj-iooa to aar..
-'3 on aarr oit^iT .nol^flxXl ia Ltu;Li\ ©i-lJ I0 noXdosiinoo edi \:;f
^ -^oHw ,LunXi ariJ "io incq i»-I;^o ^,nB nt Liiuol nol^OTr
nolJeiooa ef{J .Jjr.ii 'inXao^iaa -^J '4X110 fcenlnlq.
. 1'^ nX n©Q8 aA .jsllio oriJ 'cf ^jaomiol sfJW iX aa isj&l aa ,'^av,i;
b:-i1Xn'5(«ai «e^Aja Jxon e.l.t lo noX.*ooa a to ^nlw«ab aioiaco o)
'. /: '.avoo ai qaon IXoo ed^ lo 3^Xa6^iO erii ,(8Teie«iii
"<oX iw moil snaicfoea arii riiXw ti/ounX^Jnoo aX rtoXrfw anaicfaea c X<^
uf ,r-ra ^qjoan t^vX'^ .iiis nX ^enrir'aem aXiiJ aA .oaXis aXXl

,aaoXJoo3 to eel'ida ;?jnoX a 3 xaeid » iuorfiXw LowoIXo :

«.iolJoaa :1oaa nX aoja 'i.jjjcm Loioiooa 'lo oonaiodu^onq ©rf* ba"

otXa -ife.^uo o'^'i no aio^ noiJo'iooa ertj wo;' eea 03 .^XuoXTlXb aX ji

aeXoi^ lo aoXiaa a :l'}ooi;li aoa8«<i iX aaeXnu ^enci 'moai ©

,nolJeTO©a rfJtw eiJ3 ^©rij aa boXXXl nartw ^iarfJ ©naad«o« ©rii ni

C^rt'X lo noXiflni '.Iji' sxn a TeLnu neva ,ii^68 e<.f oi ei-nXm oc

-xoi tisxea^cf 9.i.+ isLa-; i^L^ ,jiooa ©d ^flfli X ^ .".I'' nT

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brane, a number of triangular condensations of the cell sub-
stance on each side of the opening. These inverted cones were
seen in a number of sections that happened to be stained in
just the proper v/ay, but no explanation for their presence sug-
gested itself.

Roughly speaking, each half of the thyroid may be con-
sidered to be made up essentially of two large and two small
cylinders of gland cells, each cylinder extending the whole
length of the gland (Fig. 5 e, gr. and gr'.). The small cylin-
ders (gr',) are as yet so rudimentary that they can scarcely be
recognised as such, but, as has been said, they will acquire lat-
er the same structure as is now possessed by the larger cylin-
ders (gr.). Extending the entire length of each cylinder or
cell group is a narrow band of minute holes, mentioned above
(Pig. 5 f, o. and Fig. 6 1, m, ) , through which the secretion of
the gland cells escapes into the ciliated chambers and thence,
through the duct, to the ciliated grooves of the pharynx.

The remaining structural details of the gland may be
understood from a description of the duct, which is somewhat com-
plicated. As has been described above, the two ventral branch-
es of the ciliated grooves run along the floor of the pharynx,
getting closer and closer together until they unite and form a
single deep groove (Figs. 5 e-h, v.c.g.). In Fig. 5 f the ven-
tral ciliated grooves (v.c.g.) have almost united, being sepa-
rated only by a wedge-shaped portion of the pharjTigeal floor.

nl Lt..lflJa O'i oi I ne-faun

«cr»o8&-»q ilBdi lol noii«n«Iqxe o.-j iui ,\:«m aeqoiq erf^ J«t;t

•llco.*^! fcf.t«e-j

^ )' 'iHfli bLoi^irfJ Of{.t to tlfiii leao ,snl/<awq» H

IlrAa o«i ban e^inX ow^ "^o -<IlAl^ae«aA> qx; etMi ecf c.i beiebla

elo'iw tjri,J ix« leiAl^iC Ion© ,fill9c tiiJ^I*^ Oo e-iefcnlf'io

,f. [Icma tcfT .(.'•J« bftu »12 t® • •'!-^'') Lnflint »rli- I

^loonctoa n«o isr!^ SBfii ^'inin^atbrn oa iei; a« bi* (,'?t<i) ti*!

3 llJtw v^sr J ,i)lr3 .nt&t>cf ar.il a« ^^t;:f ^iiCia nr taaln^oosi

- "IvTo 'ii&gifll erfi '^.^ Lbsaeaao-i won al a« ©-•uiouaia eojia

10 iotnIX„o !o«© "i^o **3n6l »i±^ne ert^t njfttfcne^x?? .(.is) aiet»

:•: . f .oiJ-ifcai »aeXo ' o,JjitJLia "io taad woiimi a al qi/oirj li»x>

oea ttrfj [oilw i , ( .ra ,f 6 .si"^ bn« .o ,1 Q •'5±?)

^-^ s'o* tna oiQ^ma'lo LeJallto ©ri^ otfni aoq£0«« aXlao bnaX^ trf*

.y.nv'i6'-?4 «'fJ to ssiVooTi Lo-tislllo arl^^ o* «ioub «rfvt -

. ' .B/j bnaXs ori.t lo- aXi«;}»L Ianu,rowxJa ntrtlalcooT orfT

c -'la twefiioa ai 'oi w ,^Out ©il^ to nolJ .lioaeb r aoil booiaiebiui

' Xa*ic'fi*>v ow.^ edJ ^nvorfa t^x/lnraRb nee-f a^ i «A .bsicolXq

4 <i.\.'ir;({q ftfli lo icoX7 ©rfJ nnola nuT asvocTj Le-Jiiillo Ckdi *io Bo

p .'a'lo'l bft/« «,JliH; iorfi ttJniJ ityt^&o^oi leftoXo bn* loaoXo - '"*r.T

-.-pv en:? ^ o .^1" iiI .(."^.o.v ,''-« '. .anIT) ovo; ^fc eXijrtXa

-c re^ '.alo'f ^bfiJlniJ" JeomX/; evrrf (.■^.o.v) aevr^oTi f.t<^/?tIlo X«iJ

.'rrf.r? rr.'jT.r(iciq e"!.* lo /sci^noq boqn fa-o»^l>ow « \<r vino" t^ "■^-

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'\ 45:hey are deep and so narrow that there would seem to be but
little room for ciliary action. The cells lining the grooves
are here somewhat shorter than the other cells of the pharynx,
v/hereas more anterior sections showed the reverse to be the
case, as was mentioned above (Figs. 5 b-d) .

The single ciliated chamber (considering one side only
of the bilaterally symmetrical gland) forms about three fourths
of a circle (m.c.h.) and is boimded by the cover cells (d.l.)
on the one hand and by the ciliated cells (f.l.) on the other.
The cover cells have become so much flattened that they from a
mere membrane, and their nuclei are pressed far apart. The
ciliated cells are of a typical ciliated columnar form, and are
exposed, at their ciliated ends, to the cavity that has been de-
scribed cs the ciliated chamber, and at their basal ends to the
space that is now a part of the lateral invagination (i.v.).
Several large blood vessels are seen, surrounded by the angular
mesoblast cells, and on each side of the thyroid, lying close
to the body wall, is a large longitudinal muscle. Before reach-
ing the point at which it opens into the thyroid, the groove
spreads out at the bottom (Fig. 5 g, p.) and resembles, in cross
section, an inverted letter T. The cross arms of the T turn
upward as they pass farther baokv/ards (Fig. 5 h, p.) until they
are closely pressed against the vertical part of the T. The v/ay
in which this curious groove opens, finally, into the thyroid
is interesting. A short distance back of the point represented

I •. .' ■ ■ r aLIfio r-^1 . ' • ■ . lol aooi

•-i ■ .- '.^o aLIeo na'io ffdi nf-rif
c * £. f o.' os'iovoi e.~.J bovo.ia aaoliooo i<

o) 1 ia tiff?

:-": ^OT !j J.foJij tiia-iol (bilitis looli . - , 'v^-^''i&^*^-^<' -

(.I.i. ) afloo 1 c vc p ert.* 'i,cf --d al buii (••i#o,fii) t»Ioilo a Ijo

©.".J no (•!. ) a LI«o 1-tiflIIlo erti ';\f fcii« fcn'i.: ©no
-: iuo X'] isrij .Ja-ti LonovMcIl iouic os eaooocf ova/. a-IIeo tgyoo odT
• ' .?nBq« n/.'i . l^loiin lit'":? Lnn ^

JO Lei.oiilo Xcoici^i a lo oia aXi '«JLLi£

> -eJ afl,i ia.iJ ^itv&o oAi oi ^atrre teJalllo itotii in ,Lcao^X6

;9 IrarJ iL:.,r.i Jn baa ^lO'SoiA ^' ILio 0i1* a- t

,(.v,J:) nolJar.i-.^jvjii Xe-ioiri e 1.J lo iiaq b won aX .^c^'i ©ocuxa
-r .,w< ?.-:i wif lefirt' Ofi.:a ^oeoa o'ir. nlo»Bmv boolcf o:(i'i«X X«i«v&3
.-.jcio -i,ni.-il ,bl 01 ;,<.•• orfi ^o. obxa lio/*© ao fcn- «8l£eo Ja; '

• feloo -i: X/:.'xiti;:?XnnoX o-^jr-X « oX « XXaw \bod &di o^i

:-v.ni- a.i« ,LXoiiiL* ei!j oJ.iX aneqo 31. Aotriv ii\ intoq, ^:ii ^nl

lO :iX ,afl^^ji6a6i Lnr ( .q ,g J .-tX^) . ' ©rfi ^o Jiio c

v>.':,-i T eriJ to am-iA aaoio erfT ,T loJJaX I.e^'ii.vnX nc ,.;

.i: IXJuu (.lt ^r', o .'>X'7) atnijw)io/«'-f ifidJoal .i««q »c»rfJ •" bi«wqt/

^-^ r, " ,T 3 ';t 1o i'ljc i XscXiiev orl* vaxiX^i^js toaaeio :Xe8oXo ©a*'

Li'vi;,^? f.,^j o-tnX t,;IIn.»i^ ,3iieqo ovooi-, av.oX-i;;o a' -

i.ci*.-'93'--! o-i J.iXo • e "^ ' "c )iofl f t>on".J9lX ^-lOrfa A t^.nti9'^'\eia^. '^ '

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in f^ig. 5 h, the cells of the ciliated and cover layers are in-
terrupted at about the point marked b.r. (Pip. o h) and at the
same time the side pouch (p.) of the groove (v.c.p.) becomes
separated from the groove itself along the line x-y (Fig. 5 h).
By the union, now, of the medial end (1) of the ciliated layer
with the end (l') of the adjacent side of the proove, and at the
same time by the union of ends 2 with 5* ' and 3 with 3 ' , we have
a condition represented in Fig. 5 i. The end (4) of the cover
layer unites with itr> fellow of the opposite side of the gland
to form the swollen upper edge of the partition (m.l., Fip. 5 i)
mentioned above. Py a careful comparison of Figs. 5 h and 5 1,
the relationships just described v/ill become clear.

In Fig. 5 i, then, v/e have represented a section pas-
sing directly through the duct of the gland, o,nd we see that the
secretion from the two groups of gland cells (g.r.) passes out
of the gland in tv/o v;ays; that from the ventro-median group
passes into the central ciliated chamber (m.c.h.) and thence
directly out through the duct (v.c.g.), while the secretion from
the dorso-lateral group has to pass into the duct through the
side pouch (p.). Anterior to the duct, the ciliated chambers
(m.c.h. and l.c.h.) being one, (Fig. 5 f, m.c.h.), the secretion
from the different groups of cells may of course pass out either
way. The duct is inclined somewhat in a posterio-vontral direc-
tion and is lined v/lth ciliated columnar cells. The point at
the end of the line 1 (Fig. 5 i) Indicates the place of union of

©rfi '>o (.t) t ^lotnir

0 ( ;>) Lni* t» ^'*' .1 j »
lo s»tf« 9:fl80iqo o-i-.* lo » »Jl 'filw b

.1'" ,.X,ai) nolili'iaq erf^ 1o «-;ij« loq^u rtellowi ©di mtol oJ
'.. .8i?l'=^ lo no« 'ino • i' .etfO'^A tf-fiolir:. .-z

• leolo »iaoo«'f III* i. i-Unoaab Sa^l Bqiiiaiv^lialei a^.i
•otio«B m l'*in( •▼/i1 ow »ne'J «X d .'^If nl

Ln** ,bn'- * ^o tOi/fc ' ' 'ostIL n.ita

_>i (.T.j) aXIeo tnelT| to i^uoi^ owtf orii noil noX

:3-0TJnsv ©rf;t MOil i*'^;f }•{«* ow^ fil i)n«Xs| ©rf^ lo
5 (•-'•o.a) lio X «^^ oint

^ Tot.^fl'ioea erfJ ©Xirfw ,(,t(,o,v) Jot/t erf? 't^iron.'lJ iuo '{i
•-> M t-j^joi-:* iout ©rii Oo'nX asaq oi f^rf quci^ I«T«i«I-o«'iol. ©•■'i

- I 6.i*:XXXo o.-l.* ,Joufc offi o^ ToXift^aA .(.'j) i-iouc

t ioh« oii ((•'1«o«a ,1 0 •ai'^) ,«no «nX*^ (•r'«o«I bne •r{.o.iu)

1 ? o ^•'•.j eaioco "io /"m aifeo "io r "■

■:l' Lrii.rv-otnttifioi « nt 't.iiXXoaX at .JOijfc •''T ,^»ir

•r. ,}ftl -i e:lT .alXeo incmLoo LeiulIIo 'Jlw ! ©nlX •! Lftfl .ioi#

•:r HOPXq efli a-jir.GLLat (i " .^l"^) X oniX offi I'"

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of the medial part (^Ig. 5 h, l) of the ciliated layer with the
adjacent side (l') of the deep, ciliated groove (v.c.g.). Refer-
ence line 2 shows where the lateral part (2) of the cover layer
joined the outer side (2') of the ciliated pouch (p.). Reference
line 3 indicates the point at which the lateral part (3) of the
cilia,ted layer joined the medial side (5') of the ciliated
pouch (p.). m.l. is the median lamella formed by the union of
the medial portions of the cover layers (d.l.) of the two parts
of the gland; from this point it is an incomplete partition all
the v/ay to the posterior end of the gland.

Posterior to the duct (Fig. 5 j), the medial portion
(1) of the ciliated layer joins its fellow of the opposite side,
above the median lamella (m.l.), while the outer part (3) of this
layer remains continuous with the outer part of the cover layer.
By this arrangement the lateral invagination (i.v.) apparently
completely separates a lateral from the central part of the
gland, as has been mentioned before, and the mesoblast cells are
found between the two divisions (mes.). This is shown also in
Fig, 5 m, v/hioh is a horizontal section of the entire gland.
A section at this plane gives the impression that the lateral
invagination (i.v.) almost completely separates the lateral from
the central portion of the gland, but of course if the section
were cut nearer to the dorsal surface of the gland, the lateral
portion would be seen to be joined to the central portion ante-
rior to the duct (to the left of m.l.), as has been seen in

. i',.nX I omiilo cdJ 'to (a «... . , _

-«?I »{»i) riouoq bo^fllllo e-li to ('SS) •Lit Toi;;o 6rii bo.i_ ,

io o^' lo CG) oLla Xali I fcei.'^lllo

n law ftti^ vi tBirio t all»m«i naltaa. ^cii 9t •X«a • ( ^q) il^ — ,

To (.I.L) ' j'Voo wii^ lo e j lalLoai eit

jj«»lviaoonl na ai ii iaioq dllJ aoTi ;LrxflIi ©rfi }o

■Lnxil^ eriJ lo bae nol'io^aoq etl^ o^ \Bn 9iii

» ( I, 6 ,-^:'^) iojL ofii Qd •jol'ieJaol

all lo vollal ail inloL 'itsiaX teJaillo oAi lo (X)

^ (o) iiAq 'xi^^uo oiJ ellrfw «(tX«ffl) xsXX^aeX njeltoa erfi evo<fn

.'oo ^4^ lo ^'laq njijo orij ri,tlw aiiounl^iioo snlaiaei ■

(.v.i) .loIJe.'Inwviil X/?i«iJi»X «m1J ^ isiia alrii ;

s.^.w* lo ii«q XBi^iTdo Af!4 motl XfinoixX a a«j0i0qoa ^XaiaXqmoo
'oaeffl o'?i bnfl »'-»iole^ LwnolJiiew ane-i .
,1 11 -J aX bI''^ ,(,3oa) anolBivtb * naaw^ttcf brtiio 1

.tnaXrc «ili;i9 erij To noXJooa lnii\oaliod m aX rloXiw «m 3 .nil
X'viaJaX 9uJ Jari^ aclu3',iqinX o.iJ aoviT oa/)Xq aliiJ ta noiiooa A
XfiiuJal er{i a•J/>'Ia^{(ta 4Xo.'OXq,moo JaosXa (.v.l) noi^AnXsavnX
;ioiJoc.B odJ IX oaiuoo lo iud (bnaX^ orf^ lo itoX-*Toq X^- " n ariJ
\tBX yri.^ «bn^ X?) oriJ io ? lOb *<!^ oi -jeiaen ^jjo

- *: ; noiJ'toq XfliJiioc (>[i^ oJ . ^ ocf oi naoa *d bXiJow noX-tio.

rs-! ,iwo.i rio«cf ar i cfi «(«X«a lo i'Xttl eri^ o^) ^r '^ -" ' loi'i

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Figs. 5 e-h. Fig, 5 m shows the extent to v/hlch the gland is
completely divided by the partition fm.l.), and also the position
of the gland in relation to the gill arches (v. a., 2-5). The
cilia are omitted from this figure. In all the sections posterior
to the duct, as seen in Fig. 5 j, there are three distinct cili-
ated chambers. The median ciliated chamber (m.c.h.), occupying
the central division of the gland, is triangular in cross section,
and is partially divided into two chambers by the median lamella
(m.l.) which rises from the middle of its ventral wall. Into
each half of the median ciliated chamber empty one of t^e large
and one of the small groups or cylinders of gland cells. Tae
smaller cell group, as has been said, at this stage is still
in a rudimentary condition.

The lateral ciliated chamber )l.c.h,) is crescentic
in cross section, the lesses curve of the orescent being formed
by the ciliated cells, the greater curve by the cover cells.
Into the lateral chamber empty a large and a small group of gland
cells. Dorsal to the gland are the tvro large blood vessels
(art.) and close above these the floor of the pharynx, with the
ventral ciliated groove (v.c.g.), now much diminished in depth.
Fig, 5 k is of a section near the posterior end of the gland,
passing through the upcurved portion. The reference line m.ch,
begins in the cavity of this upwardly bent part, which is cut
through at the point v/here it is continuous with the central
ciliated chamber of the gland. A section just anterior to this

,(.l,ai^ id tefctvl!

; )| jnoiJooa erli ISk nl ,9iis^l1 aliij moi^ iftJilfflo •!« aillo

'J^ »ii3 oioi!J » L <j •'71'^ nl naoa tin ^ioub ©rii oi

,(.-!.o.j2) ledmar'o LoJolIlo ruDlL^m orlT .••io>ima^o baJB

i 9'«oie al iwlunnatii al «bnil^ ertJ 1o nolalvll) LstinBO erf*

;-» aioJmfliio o»i oiai bfitlvlL ilLKtimq al

• XIcT? XiJitajV aJl to oii.Llm e:^;t saoi't aeai-i r^olHw (.Lm)

I 8 ^ lo bno ;-*c[iJi© i9cfmrrIo lo^jslllo nfilbsm erli lo lX*rl rfo«e

.allso LneX'] lo aToLnil^p 10 a-i^roitj llama eri.* lo ©no bah

3 al o3JB.:fa aiiit iP' ,bijt53 nood 3£fl aa jvfuoixji Cleo lefljaaia

• nolilbfioo '^T«^noialbwi A nt
•10 al (.~;.o.I{ T^cfnii^ io Lo^.::IIlo LB'ioJrL aiT

iAeo3c>io orl^ 'to ov^o•o rtsaaet e^i ,noiioo^ aaoio nl

,aCr&o levoo f) '.* vrf ovnt;o To^oo-ig erl^ ,all30 beiclXlo »rfj 'i<f

- -, ''0 quoi'^ IXcma « bna vyis^L a li^^ae i&diMfi 0 Xmet::! 9 !i oiftl

aXe.33 jV Lr.ol'i o-^ir1 ovt od.? oia br.nXn ori.+ o,J XngioH .aCXoo

:i lilw ,:<niirt»iq efl,t lo looXl oiii oaorfJ flvoifu oaolo bna (•^la)-

•^L :;1 iie.iainiaUb jiOL'io won ,(.3.o.v) bvco-in teiBlIlo 1

tljinX^ orti lo Lno ToJt-i9ioo:i or[i laon noi.+ oe* a lo ai X li .si^

. .o,ra r.nXX ©one'iol^^T erf? .nol.lToq Lfiviwoqi; od^t rf^i/oi.ij ^ntaoaq

:i'r 3i r^ol-^w ^i'ji?q ^ne-f '^Xbi'^.v.fkr aii'i^J lo iJivRo erii nl anl-iecf

X'^'iiifto ©d.^ flJltt 8.'nunl;titoo ai it. yit/iiw .Jnloq sri^ ia '

« '.' oJ noJi'iciJaa rfnij(, iinito')B A .LtsjbXt 0:^u* lo 'i '■ ' ■ ' •" r

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would show this upper space a-, a separate cavltj'. Dohrn says
this marked bend at the posterior end, as well ns the less
marked one at the anterior end, is caused by the growth of the
gland being more rapid than that of the space in which it is en-
closed.

The lateral portions of the gland at the point repre-
sented in Fig, 5'k are very small. The central partition (m.l.)
is still present, ps seen in Fig, 5 1, and imperfectly at
m.l'. in Fig. 5 m. The ventral groove (v. e.g.) and dorsal
ridge (c.d.r.) are also very plainly seen in Fig. 5 k. The blood
vessels are follov/ed easily and are usually filled with large,
nucleated corpuscles. In the last two sections C^igs. 5 k and
5 1), the thyroid has diminished in size, and the arrangement of
the gland cells into the four groups can be recognized no longer.
The lateral ciliated chamber is reduced to a nearly circular
cavity, and the ventral ciliated groove is flattening out grad-
ually, preparatory to changing to the low ridge mentioned in the
description of the system of ciliated grooves. The ciliated dor-
sal ridge is very prominent and partially embraces the aorta in
its folds. The cell structure of the body wall and of most of
the pharyngeal v/all is omitted in these as in most of the pre-
ceding figures.

In the following and last stage of development (Figs, 6
a-k) , the gland has apparently reached its greatest complexity.

Ill •on , -jivBO e,»fii«tio8 a « so«q« i-ii - - • - ■ -I'""'

• •»o Qii) \<5 ■ --^ «i ,isno lol'ieina erIJ J

, ;i iolriw nl sosqa arf-J lo 5crii nn<'.i blqjsa eioin ^niecf fuiBl:

•

. . ^ -:i^l*iflq Xn*noo ©riT «ILaaia xi&v ©la jC'C .ai"? al L>oin.c^

imi Lnt »X !3 •^1'^ nl nooa b'^ 4ifreeoiq £11*

1 .-! (.![}. c.v) evcoT^ Xri:r-:sv o IT .ffl c .nX"? nX .'X.:^

■7 ,j( a ,T^Xf^ nX rxoee \Lnt.alq xiev oaXr oic (•i.fc.o) c^^ ?"

tl '^XXflij-a;-' ©Tfl bnn iXXac?* LowoCXol sto sXeaaev

C •a-'l") a.ioi^Ofaa ow^ Ja X siii nl .aeXoauqioo Le.tBdXoui:

am« eU fcn*^ ,©5Xa nX LerlaXnXmXb a«rf bXoi^rli eriJ ,(I <-

;i)i300f>T oJ nao aqi/OT. ii.o'i erii oini alXoo LnuX-
io \.XT/i&n a o;t leouLbi aX ie>ifli/?;:0 loctaXXXo lai^Jai
^ aninciJJxiX^ aX avooa^ LoiaXXXo Xaiinev oriit fcita »^JXv/!o
• rti L»-nolJaon: e^bXi ".voX erti oJ 5.: o o^ ^lOiciaqeiq ^Y-tl'^"

.'^jjejIXIo ©liT .88VOOT.3 Lov^flirio Jo aieJa^a orfJ *5o no
' ^MO-"? orf^ ooonTfmG ;IXAX^Toq tna innnlmonq '^-lov aX esbXn Xsa
. .*^o.ii I0 bna IXflw :fcO(-f oA,1 lo eii:Joh"i.^e [Xso Q.iT .alXo'i ad I
-o-if o.-fj lo Jaofli nl an oae'ii nX Xei^Xmo aX XXaw Xae'jniiafiq

,ae'iU3X1 r\nlbeo

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as the only noticeable change from the preceding and much younger
stage, except increase in size, is the remarkable coiling of the
posterior end of the gland, caused, Dohrn says, as has been pre-
viously mentioned, by the longitudinal growth of the gland be-
ing more rapid than the space in which it is enclosed. The
larva from which this stage was taken had reached a length of
about 15 cm., and a circumference of about 2,b cm. in the region
of the thyroid.

Fig, 6 j is a ventral view of the anterior end of a
larva of this stage, the ventral integiuaent (b.w.) of whiori has
been dissected along the mid-ventral line and dra\m to each
side, so as to expose the thyroid gland (thy.). The figure shows
the shape of the gland as seen from the ventral side, and also
its relative size and po8itir>n. The cartilaginous bars (c.b.)
of the branchial basket are also shovm, and it is seen that the
large mid-ventral bar divides, when it reaches the posterior end
of the gland, into two lateral bars, one of which lies close
to each side of the thyroid throughout nearly the entire length
of the gland. The longitudinal grooves (ventral and lateral in-
vaginations) are quite indistinct because of the mass of white,
fibrous-looking connective tissue which now surrounds the gland
on all sides. At this stage, as is seen in Pig. 6 j, the" gland
extends from the middle of the first to the middle of the fourth
gill pouch (g.p.) and is about 1/3 the diameter of the entire
pharynx.

Ql «osla nl :)oxo ,

^X c bsio.T<n hji i .jaj-^^i saw egaia al'id ;iOl:lw moil cv
I di ai ,ao u.^ 3iJo<Se lo aonaiolaiJO'iIo a bna « •mo 21 ^odA

•fcioT;:'I-J e.iJ
ain« Q.iJ lo welv IxJTJaov s al (, u .^n
. Irr lo (.w.rf) Jnonur3*»Jal LsiJnov «rii ,031:5a nlrft lo zivnal

/-Llfli eiict "«noI/? fceJooaal:

• (.\.ij) Laar^ blo'i'i^'^.i oiii oooqjce oi an oa ,oLJta

-: l-.TC «ehia Ifli<tne»v o-i^ ffloi'> noea aa baai^ ori-i lo ^i^erfa orfi

. . aiacf 3k.-oa±^flIl>r'ico a fT .n Itlaoq Lno psla eviicloi ail

^ el .tl Lnfl ,nwo.'lo oalc ssia JeXe/^d I/il.ioflxj'i.f eriJ to

' >.0'i erli Bd'onei il no-f>- ,aHMvlIj lacf I/?iinev-blni sgn*!

lo QolX rfoiiw lo e.to ^mfld Xa*t©i.oX owi oial ,bn^l3

^X anXina diii ;,l1a&.^ Juo;Hjoi-iJ blo'i:r{5 enV lo sbla rioa© <fi

r v^.j«;r bnp. XflT^itov) 0' Xfiiilf i;.*l-^noX orfT .bnaX3 adi lo

^ ■•» To aaaai ai.? io oa>j«oe"f JonUalLni o^lup o'u' (anolJn.il3-»v

: ni? ojU abn oiiifa won rfolrfw euaaii evl.'osimoo aitl^iooX-auoicfn

i ^t': fi.-^:^ «t * .nl'~ nl iioea al aa ,o*^«^a alrti iA .aoLla IXa no

I ev'"^ lo ©XLl^liS e.^5 o^ .taill G^f^t 10 oILLliu ai^ fljoil abn^jixe

9- iJjTo «iii lo na\tooi«lb eri.t £\X iuoiB al bna (,q,3) .ioi/ocj IXln

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In a ventral view, the coil of the posterior end of the
gland does not, of course, shov/, but at each end is seen a median
groove which shows, even through the fibrous envelope; these
grooves are caused by the separation of the two parts of the
gland, at each extremity, whereas throughout most of their length
the halves are in close contact with each other. The numerous
transverse folds In the seven pairs of gill pouches are seen in
this figure, and also the fibrous character of the anterior v/all
of the pharynx. The actual oral opening is not shown.

Fig. 6 k is a diagrammatic side view of the gland,
to show the points through which the sections were cut, and also
to show longitudinal space relations, such as size and position
of duct, extent of coil, etc. ^>elng carefully reconstructed and
drawn by scale, it shov/s these relations with mo3?«- -»r- -l^e-s accu-
racy. As is seen from this diagram, the duct lies a little
nearer the posterior than the anterior end of the gland, though
If the coiled posterior end of the gland were straightened out,
the duct would then be considerably nearer the anterior end.
By comparing Fig. 6 c with this diagram, it will be noticed
that the duct is now a longitudinal silt instead of a nearly
circular duct, the lateral growth of the duct apparently not hav-
ing kept pace with the longitudinal. Fig. 6 k represents the
actual relative longitudinal but not vertical dimensions of the
duct. The actual increase in size of the gland may be appreciated
by noting that, though all the sections were dravm with a camera.

, _oq ori^ 'to lioo * -

.; al !• ■ . . ■ ' ■ . ■• -■■'■'

: novo ^av/orie rtolnw avoo-i-;
♦ 1o sJtiaq owJ erf^* lo noI^aiAqea oriJ ^^tf LeaioAO eaa eevoo-m

Jo r'oflo IJlw ^ofijj. olo nl bib eovlr

.. 91." B^ciouoq Ills ^o eilaq nevee siii t\l •blol eaiovenciJ
' lo 'J T-io euoTcfll oriJ oslo tni^ ,*-

, ion at aainfjqo I.-'io i T *X[x\-ifir[,

3 ©riJ la weiv »bl« olrfuaaiflis*^'* « ai i d .^jl'^ - .

w BuoUoitt. &(ii rioir'w 'J BJnloq erfJ worls oi

ifl &si8 en rfoii'. ^BiioIJaltfj foaqe Lf^ni oL wo

"^ i^tanoooi xlXuleiflo nnlo"^ .otfe «I±oo lo iaeixm ^Soub ^v
i lo ©loffl rfJiw anolji\l9a oaoii awo-^a Jl «oXaoe -^d nv-uifc
« aail Joufc edj jmai^jaXL aiii;f moil nwea al aA .^.obi
J ,LniiX:5 eriJ lo bne lotieina eriJ aarii -xoiieiaoq efI;J i^-v . .
;!...' a 0'x.ow bnjnX';\ srf.r lo Lao lolie^acq baXXc

.L i> . i.i.dirm firfJ Tetnen ^XiflioLlanoo ocf i\&d' bXwow ioo'b o.ii
liooiJo.T ocf XXlw ii ,iiu5iaiJib alrfi rl^iw o 0 •gl'T anXiBqnoo xfl.
.■i.'.'jrt » tto > ' ^IXa J 'l-iHoX a won al iOi;L o.'lJ iniiJ

:on. il^:ni-ifl^qn Joub erl.' lo- -jiJwoin ieiojal oilJ ^.loub laXaoiio
• * aJnoaoic;©-! A o .ii'=^ .XenibaJXanoX ttdi liJlw epaq iqe;I 3^..
^ X-so-tJ,T;r>v ^on .♦! i L.'Miliuit.:\noL ©vliaXoi X«u4P'?
•. &d \»ta biusX^ eri* lo ssXa iiX aa^.e-ioni Xauc T .io .1

.ro B -fJlw rr'-aiL gtqw o.-io1*oo3 eriJ tXc .ii^uorli ^iBdi p,~''^-

-2B-

thoss represented in ^igs. 5 b-1 are enlarged 240 diameters,
while those in Figs. 6 a-i are magnified only 90 times.

A section through the anterior end of the gland, pas-
Bing through the point marked a. Fig. 6 k, is represented in
Fig. 6 a. The ohief difference, "besides that of size, between
this section and the corresponding one of the preceding stage
(Fig. 5 f ) , is in the complete development of the cell-groups
(gr'.), which in the preceding stage v/ere quite small and unde-
veloped. We have now in each side of the gland, which is exact-
ly bilaterally sjTimietrical, four groups of gland cells, the groups
being arranged in pairs, one pair on each side lying near tho
middle line, the other being nearer the side (Pigs. 6 e and k,
m.c.g. and l.c.g.). This arrangement of the cell-groups into
pairs is distinct from end to end of the gland, and for conve-
nience they will >e spoken of as the "median" and "lateral"
pairs of cell-groups. As h"E been said, the groups gr'. never
reach the size of the first developed groups gr.

The ciliated cells have changed somev/hat since the
precedinp stage. They have become relatively, as well as actu-
ally, more elongated at certain parts of the ciliated layer,
while at other places they are still short and nearly filled
with their large oval nuclei. The nuclei of the longer cells
are small and circular in outline, and at certain places seem
to be more or less regularly arranged near one end or other of

.aoali l-« i> .

, ...(© lol •di *

.'leaniqs'i al ,i b .gtT ,« fc<*j|i«m intoq erii InMoiii ^

• 'lo ©no li TS'iioo or{^ tnn noi

•ma ffilu-y vifrM f^r^a^ia ->niLoowi;j orf^ nt t^**"'^

1o oLie f<o«» nl won «vc.i eW «t>»qoIe^v
' ^8tX©o bnal*} 10 a^mci^ '*'^o'^ ,I«ol'iiftmr'3 jllaio^cXltf rjl
1 'oijo no 'ilftci oitr. jSil-^'-i nl l>©'»nv»'
e a •ani'") oLin erl: le-ine-i n.'?lo'^ •loi.to ©rfct ,f*nlX eXftf^lm
-iXftO erJJ 1-0 irtftm&^nnmJB alrfT •(•^•o«X ban .'J.o.n
Tol bnr ^ 9-:^ lo fcno oj 'fcne aioi? ^onliatt al a-

"Ic.ujjjX^ Lnn "nfllfcam" erii^ «« "to nailoqi ©^IXXw ^^erf;? eor:
.'tj aiiiOTg flrf^ ^blna nfi&cf 3:?ri aA .aqt;oT',-XXeo to 3ilx:q
,1-;' a'l^oTi 1 eqoXeveL ^taill ori^ Jo esia odi rforei
€..-[J eonlo in-'nosacv L'o^na-fo «v/».i aXXeo beiolXlo ©iT
'i I X&w «f> ^•'iXovl'rlm oai'-ooT 9V«-.' ieifT .e-sate
«• :pX to.+ clllo ar!^ lo eiiriq nlniieo ifl LbJ/J3noXe> eioin x\Llc
fcolXlt ilrr^n ban iiotin fll^a enn '{©ff^ aoofllq •i©r{io in ©Xl^v;
i •' T- ■ .-noX Off.? to loXCi'r. »iT .leXoun Xflvo ©^'I'^-C il-edi ciil\'t
. oi» a©oeXq atfii'^t) 3d bite ^finlliuo nt inluo^lo bne '■
'o torijo no fcrrfi one ijoon fco*;?rtoi*tn '^XijcXi/",©! saeX lo «'t^

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the cells, vrhile at other places there is no apparent regularity
In their arrangement. In ^XE* 6 a, the short cells with large
nuclei are seen on either side of the slit-like openings (o.)
into the groups of gland cells. The ciliated grooves (v.c.g.),
at the point v/here this section is cut, are still some distance
apart on the floor of the pharynx, and are not noticeably changed
from their condition in the preceding stage. They are separated
by one large and two small folds in the floor of the pharynx,
v/hioh seems, at this point, to be very irregular in outline,
probably caused partly by shrinkage at fixation. They are very
deep and narrow and seem filled completely by their cilia.

The connective tissue covering (c.t.) of the thyroid,
spoken of in connection with the outv^ard appearance of the thyroic^
is seen, in section, to form a thick layer entirely around the
gland, and to form the central mass of the median lamella (m.l.).
It also forms a thick coating around each branch of the large
artery which Dohrn calls the Pseudobranohlal artery (Spritz-
locharterie) (art.). The large, and now nearly enclosed space
(i.v.), formed by what v/as called the "lateral invagination",
is more or less completely filled by a sort of reticulated tissue
with scattered nuclei. This reticulated tissue also fills the
space betv/een the floor of the pharynx and the thyroid. rumerous
small blood vessels are found imbedded in it, both in that v/hich
fills the lateral invagination and in that which lies between
the gland and the pharynx. This tissue is represented only in

'i iaoiny-iqa on el eitiii -■'-' r i*riJo J;- ujj. .
■ allttc J-ioia driJ ^a d •'^1' nT

■ ■^.v) aovcoi.Ti fcsjslllo ».iT •aileo hnsL'^ lo «CiUoii - "
lliJa 01/5 ,J-uo al itolioe3 si
^[.-fflaoiio.i ^o.i aTJB bi'if ,xn':iai1q »rtJ lo lool'i oricf

erf^ lo looll orij nl aJJlol Ilisma owJ tna ©i^ifl o
«. o ill laLu^f-iit \1Q^f n<J oJ ^Jnl0i| ai'i* J» (»:ii»^a

.itoJtiflxIl dfl e^/5inlT{a ^^ (liiflq Leairao \;Itf '
.njllo ilerfi ■■{€[ ^lejelqaioo Lelll'l mena l/nfl woiiau

: ©r!4 lo (,^.o) ^nlivvoo euaalJ evi^oonnoo ©riT ■ -••_

■' lo eonaiBcqqr tir->7:?ijo oriJ ri*lw nolJoeanoo nl lo neikoo'
oir, ileiiJne ios.mI ;ioIrI^ n maol oJ ,i5olJooa nl «neoa al
.a) allera^l txaltoa 6dS lo aa/'m I«iJn<jo eriJ iaiol oJ bni* ^

•lol ofi^ lo rionctcf rfOBs tnuoia i^nl^aoo jfoi'fi a 8ano'> oaX.'? C~
-Siiiql) -^TeiJir Ixjinion/^iJobuea^ erfi bXIbo nirfoQ rloir^'W •,
:ofl<i8 beaoXone -^Xiflsii von bna ,e'jirX erfT •(•I'ljo) (QlieJi,. -_
^'noiw+ianlrjavnl XuiorfaX" o.'? LoIXno aflw J«r<w ^cf beaiiol ,(.v,l)
■ .t I aJcXi ojt.>ei lo ^loa xs •; f bolLLJ ^Xo^aXqaoo aaoX a e"-
arl-J aXXll oala ©uaaii to.^cXuoi Jt>'i alrIT .XeXoun terreUeoa ri^i •
.. -"' ,blciiciS e!iS Lnr x ; oiJ to looX'l erf;? u6ev.'>Joii eoc'^s

■ w Jsrij nl ri^oJ ^il nl L: Lbe'Ml fcrujol oib aXesaev booXd IXaaio
rte&v-vJorf 8©1X rfolflT. jfid^ nX Lnr. noXianXgBvnX XsiaiaX ertJ aXXl'
.^l ^Xno LtsfncBoiqei al &vBHli ai 'T .x

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Pigs. 6 a and 6 "b, but the fibrosis tissue is shown In all the
figures of this stage.

Pig. 6 b represents a section cut a short distance
anterior to the duct, at the point b Fig, 6 k, and about corres-
ponds to Fig. 5 h of the preceding stage. The ciliated grooves
at this point have united to form a single deep groove which is
spread out at the bottom to form the side pockets (p.) described
in the preceding stage. The lateral and median pairs of cell-
groups have approached each other until their adjacent groups
are nearly or quite in contact; at the same time the ciliated
l?.yer (f.l.) has increased somev/hat in length, and, at its dorso-
median angle (at the end of the lines f.l.. Fig. 6b), its cells
have changed from the tall columnar with small, round nuclei
to short cells, almost completely filled with their large oval
nuclei and resembling the cells that lie close to the openings
(c.) of the groups of the gland cells. It is this group of cells,
lying in the dorso-median portion of the ciliated layer, that
separates into two about equal parts, a little farther posterior-
ly, to connect the gland v/ith the deep ciliated groove in the
manner described in the preceding stage and shown in Figs. 5 h-i
of that stage and in Fig, 6 c of the stage now under discussion.
The ciliated layer is somewhta folded, as though it had Increased
in length very raj^idly, or I'ad been compressed by the shrinkage
of the connective tissue (c.t.) surrounding the gland. There is
considerable space at this point between the pharynx and the

'Hni- ■ • ', . ■'

8 4B iw'o noiv*of)« o iqoi ff U •sl'^

Ho »fiT .©3«i8 '■nlLoooi'i ' Mo.

(.;i) BioAooq oLla erii miol oj mocfJocf «ii ^e ^uo baen ; i
"■ 'io ailsq tiBlb^M bnn iB-xbinL ©rfT .e

_ •.o(,Lx\ ii© 'J liJna 'le \Jo t'o«6 t- i'i^* f»v/<

ftfiJ oml^t eauiQ orfJ *r 'itratneo nl e-Jli/p lo ^iliison st "

ail ,(cr 3 .^i'T ^.I,t aenll ©rfi 1o bne ©rf^ .Ju)eX^aii Xii -
01 ^Tlcme i^lw iflnm'.»Ioo XI«J e:ii moil If
i 0 '. .tX iX&n'J ri^Xw LeXXXI vXf>ieXq.Tico ^teoailfl ^atXoo ^ic
1 lineqo Qrf^ oi eaoXo ©XX J«riJ eXXeo «fi^ gnlXrfaetsi bnt Itlo. i^
lo qjjoi'q aX!lJ al iT .alXeo LnnX'<» o(1.t lo aquoni ©rf.* lo (t..^
; ,if»vBX L't';tJ3iXXo ©fiJ lo noiJioq n«Xb6«-oaioX) ©'1i nl 'PinX ; I
'jjaoq aorfJial oXi*iX /? ^aiiaq Lnuoo iuodfi owi oinl a.,... , _
* nX ©vooi^ ];e^x3iXXo i^eb oi^ rf.*Xw Lp.'"Xn ^"^^ toennoo oJ ,':!
d .a.^X*^ itX nwo'.'a Lnc ©'^jo.ta 3nlLonoiq ©rfi nX teiXtoooL nQfi.T-x-
..n:iaa;-03Xt lebau won ©t^/jja &iJ lo o 0 t^f^ nt bna e^«.Ja .JaKJ lo
'lOiiX bti'i it [Insorii ha ^LiiLXol /^irfv/omoa sX le^i/sX leiaXIlo ar"!'
Li'Ia ©iiJ ^;(i X;©aaeaqmco neod br. f to jvXtiXqBi -iiAV di^^oL nX
aX Gio-TT ,faa/iX3 ©-ii ^aJbnuoiiia (..t.o) Qvaali ©vXioennoo e.ii It
eriJ bnn xp. p.'.J nsf>w^»<*f JnXoq aXii^

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thyroid whloh necessitates' the very deep ciliated groove shovm
in this and the next figure. The arteries (art.) -re very large
and are bound closely to the gland by the connective tissue men-
tioned above. The cover layer (d.l.) in these sections is re-
duced to such a thin membrane that it is often difficult to dis-
tinguish it from the connective tissue to which it is closely
applied throughout.

A section passing directly through the opening of the
duct into the gland is represented in Fig. 6 c. The duct, a
deep, narrow slit, is lineal with short, ciliated columnar cells,
similar to, the shorter cells of the ciliated layer spoken of
above. These short cells lead quite sudJenl:' into the long oells
of the ciliated layer (f.l.).

The lateral pair of cell-groups (l.c.g.) is now entire-
ly distinct from the median pair (m.c.g.), and the pocket (p.)
by which the lateral cell-groups are connected with the duct,
as before explained, is continued to the extreme posterior end
of the gland, the two lateral pairs of cell-groups taking no
part in the posterior coil but continuing back of this for some
distance (Figs. 6 i and k) .

TTie median lamella (m.l.), which back to this point
has completely divided the gland into two parts, is, from this
point, merely r. tall ridge (Fig. 6 c, m.l.) projecting up'.Yards
into the median ciliated chamber (m.c.h.) and covered by the
cover cells (d.l.) (Deoklamelle) of the two median pairs of cell-

_ ' '

-e-a i 3 ioliooB o»oftJ nt (•l.fc) T^'^ffl- •i^voo erfT .©v

o.^ iL. cl'l'ilL noiTc 8l :i iP'ii tU '.S a ioi;8 o.' '

. 3oio 3l .*! iol.ln o* eiJBili ovl 'oaiinco srirf aioi') il

: fjiw* o.»ni .Int:i Lu8 ew*l.f'-> i;»?-I eflfo Jio^ia easriT ,

wen 8l (.ri.o.X) Qquoi-^-IXoo Jc iltf^i iotfiol orlT
(.J iv>Moo-i eli bnfi ji.-^.o.m) T/n^^ ori^* moil ioaliBlt ii

L.iy lolir^aoi ejiti-iJxt- t.iS o3 tounlJnoo bI ^

o;! iniAni 80,;jc"j j-rioo To 8•il/«^i X^'ioJ'I ow4 6n.J »ba«4
..~c3 t: V BliJi lo Xc i •niuni Jnoc iu 1 Xioo nctTOJtoq g.iJ ni ii/^^

.{X hnm I v3 .•nl'') 90;
ir.l.'l ^ilij cJ io£.T .iox.r* t(.I.tj) r nrii. T ' .

0: iJ aiCT'l ^^'I ,a^j:'.j ow.t Qiol LfjfiX' .« !.f iii;.Ivlt «Xj)49X4aoo. H^ri
-=; "..ir..,., -uiI.^ooi,oi^ (.i«ii! %© 5 .ni*^) Q"^!-!'! 1Xb4 - .iftjoai »

l.c 10 aiir.q m:ll 'wv. c". * y -. ) 1c ( 3lXon;«i:io<?r) (.I.b) aJreo ^' •"^'^

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groups. As in the preceding stage^ the dorsal edge of this ridge
is at times somewhat thickened.

The space between the anterior end of the coil and the
duct is short, as is seen by Pig. 6 k, and a section through the
gland in this region (Figt 6 d) differs very little from a cor-
responding section on the preceding stage (Fig. 5 j) except in
the particulars already pointed out for the anterior end of
the gland. The median ciliated chamber (m.o.h.) is long and
narrow in a dorso-ventral direction and its dorsal part is made
up of the shorter form of ciliated cells. The lateral ciliated
chamber (l.c.h.) is also much more extensive than in the preced-
ing stage. The ciliated groove (v. e.g.) is seen above the gland
in the floor of the pharynx. It is much less deep than it was
just anterior to the duot> and remains in about this condition
to a point beyond the extreme posterior end of the gland.
There is still a considerable space between the thyroid and the
floor of the pharynx, which space is filled with the reticulated
tissue mentioned above and shovm in '^igs. 6 a and 6 b.

The following four sections (Figs. 6 e-h) all pass
through the coiled posterior end of the gland, at the points
indicated by the corresponding letters in Fig, 5 k. The appar-
ent complexity of these four sections will be made plain by com-
paring them v^ith the diagrammatic lateral viev; of the gland
(Fig. 6 k). In all four sections, what v;e have called the lat-
eral pairs of cell-groups (l.c.g.) remain the same and may be

. . i.. ; ed.* ^Q tno ioi laiaiJ oili ac

o rt mo'iT tjl.*.?!! ;tsv l (fc • ,^1"^) nol-to'i &lii r.

.; <-oxm il Ci •it'^) t>n«J« 3, .; no nolJoos 1

''.r: j.ntJ lolieiaa 9,:* lo^ J^cio te^.iloq ^b««Tl;« airltjol.t'xaq arfi

ai Jifij : a:l Lett iioliCQ lib lfi-i*nov^oa\oL a l\1 woiiija

"iilo Lr.'i^mi 8:1'^ .bJIoo J-y'ciXlc TO anol fsi-iorta erfJ I0 qu

i; o;iJ ill ncli tiVlano?xo o'lOffi -".OiJffl 0«I« 3i (,r%o,I) 'itj'teisrfo

: .. "i nai-jj .^eeL aaoX .io^a at M •xn^rxAiq t»-1i I0 nooXl '^ciJ al
Li'oo aiiiJ iuodm al anJtiiae'i Lap ^Jot^L » !i oi Toiif»ino ^aui,
.bji/*!^ erf? Tto Lno loiieiaoq emeiix?* »iii tao ved iriloq a oii
'■ .' i JIB blo'i ;riJ &'{i iieuwifH.f ©ocj'i oIcfjR'iftMauoo « illJa al snorIT
■^■-JoiJ'o-i «di Uiw L'»JI11 si ^oflqf? iolrtw ^ 'q oi^t T^o lOoXl

• d 0 t>n« a :? •8^1'^ .'il ftwor'.a Lnc evo.fn Lo/^oiinr.m Qkiaaii
■.<^.r.j l^^^ (,i-e 0 •anl'") a.iotiofta -u/ol --iilwoilo'? e-^T
a-'.iloq eri* 3si ^biiMl^. ef^.* lo Lne 'iolie.f«oq LeXloo or*j :i

-iM^p. orfT ,;< ^ .:5l'^ nl aioJ.joX -«nltnoq3 3JToo eii ccf bBiaolhni
r f .ilrl^ c'i "Jia t- f IXlw inol 'r>o8 tlo'I o8p.i;t Jo (^^^txeLqxoo ino
innl'\ oL* lo v/ntv X/iifl^nX ol ^nliJiq

-*.■ r c 'J f:^. [lno -.vri or i".,-<v, ,3uol^o»a ^;;o■t IXa aT »(il t- .31*7)
r ' . ''•j; l.ii'- iiii»-J M,l' rTL«i.Ti (,1,0, 1) aiio'j --riec lo n '

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recognized by their long, curved, lateral oillated chambers
(1.0. h, ) ,

In Fig. 6 e the median pairs of cell-groups are seen
in a mid-ventral position (m.o.g.) as they are followed in an
anterior-posterior direction, again in a mid-dorsal position
(m.c.g',) as they are followed in a posterior-anterior direction,
and again in nearly the centre of the gland at la.o.g*'. as they
are followed toawrds the posterior end again. This is easily
understood by noting the position of the line e In Fig. 6 k,
which shows that the section is cut at the point where the poste-
rior-anteriorly dlreoted part of the median cell-groups (m.c.g'.)
turns ventralward to pass again towards the posterior (m.c.g''.).
The central ciliated chamber (ra.c.h.) is thus seen, is this sec-
tion, to be continuous from the dorsal (m.c.g'.) to the middle
(m.c.g'',) position of the median cell-groups. The general char-
acter of the various groups and layers of cells remains about
the same in all four of these sections, so that is will be only
necessary to speak of their position and arrangement in the sec-
tions.

The next section (Fig. 6 f) cuts the median cell-
groups in four places, as is shovm In Fig. 6 k, at m.c.g. in the
anterior-posteriorly directed portion, at m.c.g'. in the dorsal,
posterior-anterior portion, at m.c.g''. in the part that is di-
rected again towards the posterior end, and at m.c.g'''. in the
last whorl of the coil which is directed tov/ards the anterior

8T> .n-" ,r Iwtfiflo Xfi'if'ifll ,LovT(L'0 t^nol lift.'..' •;u Lealn"

• ( •rf.c.X)
rv -lioo ?0 8Ti.JBq a jc'* o !' .

iii LowoIIol 91D -f !♦ ac (.:«.o«ffl) noi^lsoq Ltiiiaitv-blm • nl.
IcBiot-Iilm c nt nlo-D « - ^ol^^^ao

lb nc ■ -iwlio^aoq « nl be oir. <,& (rf bb (.'^.c.m)

8JL aiaT . Lae lol erfi

,:i . ,3!" nl © bnJtl © i* ^o nolJlaoq orlJ .: ^J i

f<r!.* oTo-^^w iftlo>i fir!.t ^r .*t.o ai nol^oea e 'i .*«dj awor^a ;ipl -Iw

noi' efiJ B (jBsq oJ Li-«?wl^'i^iiev aniuJ

8 ' f J al ,it«68 aufii al (•r'.o.m) rtocrausric Lo^etllo X/'iinoo ©rfT

oJ (.*'5,.c,fli) IbsioL eiJ BUitl at lOO od oi\not.d

163 ofiT .aiiJO'i i-IIoo i «r1.* to fiol.Uaoq ( ,* • ."^•o.a)

'.foi« snlfioio-i allfo 'io aia^'X tn* aq*ioi-^ buoLimw bili lo i«ioe

. ©cf Iliw al JH ;J 08 ^anotiOBe oa^K* T'o •Xi;o1 ' osiea odi

©ii nl int iiij Lai« noi^leo'^i nloHJ lo JiM^qt oJ x'^a**^o^'i

•anoli

-IXeo HBlLcai ©.i^i aJjo (') j ."^l"^) noUooa ,*xo.i ©rlT

• ill .i.o.ai ip ,X o .vll nl nworta aJ ajn ^eoofllq n-.o^ nl aitroi:;

»Ir.3':oL ertJ nl .'-^.e.ai l« jrolw^noq fp^o«ilb X-IiO-tT*-*'©'!"'*®^'''®'*'^*

-]i, al Jr.flJ iiaq ©rlJ ul .''T.o.fli *^ ,.ioI^to<i 10I [•

- ; .''''-.o.a Jii Liin tbr.© lolnr.Jaoq ©rii oLir^-o* nlA^fl i©J©©-l

'1 0 1 1 9 i;'! c c'-:.: b! "i-.'.Yo* ! ft.to?n *j- ni ir t :v Iloo of^^ to iToriw i&rl

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end of the gland. It will be noticed in this and in the other
sections passinr through the ooiled part of the gland, that
the median lamella (m.l.) extends into the ooil only a short
distance. It extends through the dorsally directed part of the
coil 8hov/n in Fig, 6 h, and for a short distance in the posterior-
anteriorly part lettered m.c.g'. whether it was never found
in this end of the gland, or whether it was flattened out hy
compression was not determined. The shape of the median cili-
ated chamber varies considerably In the different whorls of the
coil, .IS is SGen in Fig. 6 f, m.c.h. In its ventral position,
that is, in'.the position lettered m.c.g. , the ciliated chamber
has the same outline as in previous sections, and Is divided by
the median lamella (m.l.). In its dorsal position (m.c.g'.)
it is a large chamber undivided by a median lamella. In the
middle of the coll, especially in the position lettered m.c.g'''.,
the chamber is much diminished, apparently by the pressure of
the surrounding whorls of the coll. By remembering that the
groups m.c.g'. and m.c.g'''. are inverted, as a comparison with
the line f in Fig. 6 k will show, it will be seen that the gland
is, in reality, no more complicated than it was further forward.
Tothing further need be said of this section.

Fig. 6 g represents a section cut through the point
where the posteriorly directed whorl (m.c.g''.) turns dorsal-
ward to pass anteriorly as the innermost v/horl (m.c.g'''.) of the
coil.

[3 nt bna alrii ni booUoa »d iLlm il •! ' .o t-.

• »; • lo ^Tflj belloo o'lt

nl ^ i JiO'Ia r. tot Lat' ,r{ a •'jlT al

I 8i«w il lofijeiw .'3.0. a I i S'iri^^ .

' ii.0 i>9n»i.^ol1 am it mrfjodw no ,tniX^ ©rf^ To bn# ntcii ttl

to •laoiw ^.loioTllt orii at xLd lOO •t.liav ic

o<i I'-iinov aJl al •r!.o.ai ^1 o t'^2'' nl neoo oJL ai ,Iloc
£!'> 9tii ,.3.0.01 LsitsUoI nol.'l^ * nl »el ic '.'

' I;.<{'IvIL al Inn ^onol^ooa Buotvftit-i at as »allSuo maaa e-rft a&rl
(.N.o.m) noi.*l80vi lag-iol 9il nl •(•!•«)

-1 :'i rtl .rtlXaai/^I iifilbTn r ^'i i.ollvliJn-. 1I a «1 i"

.o.a beir-jiel not^taoq oii ai ^ilsloo^ao ,Iloo o ii lo olbbTm
10 er*i ^jd ^I : .[" ,t ' al »»<*»a'^'

T u* 'j.r. J intiedaoafti •;?! .X.'oo ail-* lo aXTc bauo'

i.fi'i? p.oaX'iaqjjoe « ai: ^bfrJiavnl aic .*'*?i.o»4b ba« •• j.o.a.tquoi^
- ;-I-i orfj J£ri«« neea acf fXlw Jl ,wcf(a tXIn M 9 .nXT nl 1 enJ '

wiol T«»"'.Jii;l aaw iX narfi bHii!eXl.i.noo oioa on ^i^XXaai ni »al

• nol.to»8 aXIJ lo biB% orf be»n i^rf^ul i^alrfJo'!
inloi ^''^ daMoirli iu© .lol.'ooa « ainaiaT^joT :^ b ."in , ?
-Ipa-iob a.niui (.•'-i.o.m) Iio.-iw LoJoe-ilfc ^I'i ;o<j erfJ

. :t to (.'•'•i.o.ffl) XTOi'* JaoatonnX aU «a (Xiolnoitia taa^ oiit -'^i«w

. •Xtoo

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Fig, 6 h shows the most posterior of the four sections
passlnp through the coil. It presses through the point where the
median cell-f^roups (m.c.g.) make their first bend dorsalward
to where they turn again to form the anteriorly directed whorl
(in. eg'.).

As has been previously said, the lateral cell-groups
(l.o.g.) t^^ke no part In the posterior coll but extend for a con-
siderable distance posterior to the coil, somewhat diminished
in size, and gradually approach each other until they are in
close contact. . ■

Fig. 6 i represents a section taken at a point about
midway between the extreme posterior end of the gland and the
posterior surface of the coil. It shows the two pairs of lat-
eral cell-groups (l.c.g), each with its characteristically curved
lateral ciliated charat.er (l.c.h.). Just posterior to the coil
the two large pseudobranohial arteries, which were seen on each
side of the gland in all the preceding sections (Figs. 6 a-h,
art,), unite to form the one large artery Been in Fig. 6 l,art.
lying between the gland below and the ciliated groove above.
This artery is very large, being almost as great in cross section
as the end of the thyroid below it. The wall of the pharynx
is separated from the gland >'y a comparatively small space, so
that it is evidently pushed upward by the large coiled end of the
gland and sinks down again just behind this elevation. The groups
of gland cells -'ave diminished somewhat in cross section, but they

♦ it il. .Iloo

. . _ «TOfc trtflrf iiill lie'rl^ »jiij« (t-^.©.*) «fTi;oi"i«lXoo naltfia

,(, •»•«>•»)'

lo*? l.-:©ixo 'L'tf 1 too loLit- }%oq orii nl Stan on tA'^f {t^»t,l).

T ,Xioo cii oi loi'ic-w'aoq somialL
111 o-ifi -iorfJ Ilinc To^io io«o r<o«oiqq« \llc.sjLsi'i tnr ,esl3 nl

^JoDinoo esolo
: •' ■ Jnioq r in nailr.i noiJoea n ^ jen 1 ■> .3^"

":n H-ilni owJ ff'J avo/ia il .Iloo erl.* "lo a TolTeJtOi

^iLrol i?tt'ioioe-in io sH iJlw /lofl© ^('j.o.I) 'i 'Uo- •-[leo Icio

r eri-J o.* -jcJ^is^bo:! ^9:,'T, ,(.-.o.I) -lo^i/iio hfv'alllo laieial

no nooa oi«w ioi-fv ,8f>lio«JT« i osq eiinl owj ©rfj

» ■•-« 5 .a':^!") anol.^ooa -miLoocnu oiJ Ilii nl biifll-t ©fl^ 1o efcta

.Jir^Jt 0 •il'^ ni noofl xitiiiB omal ono orfJ aiot oi oilnu ^(,^«

«riVo«ffl ftvooi'^ b^i'lito erfi La"* wo[s--f Lii*Xt} arij neow^ed l-J^cX

■ ;^ 8 eaoTO nl J/im^ ac ^oo.i.tw '3n/o'<^ jco'jrl vnov •! 'letiB allT

:<,i/if: 'q e (J To fXjw <^:iT .Jl woXo.-f bloT^ '-^ •'"*- "^o t"® t*^^ 3*

y"? ,?>px ^1 ' Ijiina ^,r©vlir-ii^ |.iioo n \; ' tnnXg ©it moil ^ al

.: 'ro tna LeXloo -j-ryirl e'i* ,f fciawqt; Lerl8»;q Ive al ;tl ircii

i.c- ■■ • ;t .;it 1 ♦.-.v'-Ip 3 1 :\* Lal'f^cf iaul, nl^'^B nwofc e:inla Lni^ bnel'i

.-' : '■:' ,Acl*o'a aaoTo iil ""'v- oa Li ova' alloo I.

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are not greatly diminished even at their extreme posterior end.

If, as Dohrn says, the coilirif^ of the posterior end
of the thyroid rland Is caused by its longitudinal growth being
more rapid than the space in which it lies, it is difficult to
see why the lateral cell-groups have not taken part in the coil,
instead of projecting as they do for a considerable distance
posterior to the coil.

> 1 o'.Jrro'i^ . o al liioT^rLt e>

rti ii«i neX/j* ♦on ©vei —Xfec InT..*aI erJi 'lim *sn j

oXdr .ioo ft io? oL ^sii^ sn _ .j lo Lc-

•Iloo erii 0^ notio'-'

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■37-

TTie Tl^yrold and Salivary niands In the Adult Lamprey,

The condition of the thyroid in the adult lamprey
was studied in several large sea lampreys (P. marinus) taken
at the herring fisheries of the Susquehanna River, and in a couple
of "brook lampreys (P. branchialis) from Ithaca, II. Y.

Wilhelm Muller says (Jenaische Zeitschrift, Ed. VII)
that the thyroid, in the"sexually mature" animal, extends under-
neath the long tongue muscle from the 2nd to the 4th gill sac,
and is built up of a number of closed follicles lined with in-
tensely brown-yellow epithelium. Me says it cannot be mistaken
for the salivary gland, lying under the eye and opening by a
duct into the mouth.

A study of serial sections of a couple of recently
transformed brook lampreys confirmed Muller 's description of the
position and anatomy of the adult thyroid, but careful dissection
of one or two adult sea lampreys and even sections of part of the
floor of the pharynx failed to show any trace of the thyroid.
As the brook lampreys were, as has been said, only just trans-
formed, while the sea lampreys were killed at sexual maturity,
it is possible that the thyroid, which is ductless and a mere
rudiment in any case, had nearly or (julte disappeared in the
older animals. As is seen in Fig. 10 a, the thyroid, which in
the younger larval stages was enormously large, proportionally.

, :;r;t («n, li/ii ,«!) •^6i'|jii?X SA8 e3'isX Inovoi ni tell
PI III Inf ,'i©virr Bkiar 8 ©if-J 'lo h ~ 7iil"

•Y .1 ^«Ofrf.tI jBon? (nlLpl-'.onBid ,1) BiiT.mcf .
11 V ,fc-i ^Jlln.-loeileS erfoalflnoX.) Sine ifilluM a^ltiiLLr

xo ,X/;jiiniJ "njuii-ic {IIrtrx98''9rlrf al tM^T^!^ t
,cxja III 5 f'.i^ Gcii 0) JbnS orM aoi'? eXoauin oi/nnoj inoX drf;t
- ,i iJlw LtsnlX aoXolIXol tsaoXo ^o lecfaun fi 1o qu illud a'
«cf toitnflO ii 0^0% 9" ,a\i~.lLfK'.Jti9 woIX©i-iiwoTd
.f^ inlneqo bn" «^;o ©rfi leLnj 'jnliX «Ln«X3 ';iAvlXaa e.ii lo*!

• i^i/oaj w-ii oinl JotL
Jq dXquoo B 1o aaolvtof*8 XfllTsa 'To .Ljj^a A
ii to noi^^lioBcl; a'l&iX*;!* fceaillnoo a^siqaaX Xooi'f LoiBio'-aan^

IL Xi/laiflo iJjff ^blOT;rItf jX:.bc e.-l,* "io .moiann ItxA nol^lao

' "^o JTfltj 1o anolJooa nave fciiiJ 3,;civ^a-cX fl03 Jl//b« owi -xo eno lo

,Lloi\ '.i t»di 'lo eoB'ii inm woxia oi LeXlAt xn';na.iq arf^ lo looll

-Raf'Ti inul ilAO jMrn rift^i er^ ar ^oinv a ;eiqflii»X MooTcf »rti aA

,,JtTuicm XflffXf^a Jr. LeXXlJl «»*i«»w a ^eiqaaX r.oa o."ii ©Xliw ,boiino1

fioffl 8 Lna sae-X^o L %l ilolrlw ,L1ot;.;j orli i«.LJ cXdlaao^ 8l it

o"!! ni t'li ib tijlip lo \^X-i8e.i biiri «©a/''0 \n/3 nl inexlbjJi

ill I&: :»• ,LioTi'..t • '.♦ ,« <^L .3I'? nl n«"a al sA .alfimlna T^bfo

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Is a small group of follicles lined with columnar or cuboldal
epithelium (Fig, 10 b). It is surrounded by connective tissue
and lies between the tongue muscle above and the median ventral
cartilaginous bar below, with a large blood vessel on either
side. It extends, as uliiller says, from the 2nd to the 4th gill
pouch. The follicles are genera.lly filled with a secretion
(not shown in the figures) send, with tii©ir surrounding cells,
forn^ in cross section, an oval mass. Usually from four to six
follicles are cut in each transverse section.

Born was the first to describe correctly the salivary
or basilar gland in the lamprey, Rathke having mistaken the
basilar muscle, in which the gland lies imbedded, for the tissue
of the gland, considering the true gland es merely the cavity.

The gland is paired, and each half lies, as has just
been said, imbedded in the tissue of the oorreepondlng half of
the large, paired basilar muscle. This muscle lies in the floor
of the mouth and pharynx and is one of the muscles used by the
animal in adhering to rocks or fish. By oontraotlon of this mus-
cle the salivary gland is compressed and its secretion thus
forced out.

In the large adult sea lamprey the two parts of the
basilar gland are easily discovered by dissection, lying in the
medial sides of their corresponding halves of the basilar muscle.
In the much smaller brook lamprey, the position and structure of
the basilar gland may be made out by stained serial sections

►ii

li LtiK evorfa sicsijOi eug^ioJ or{^ ii< i.i .Lr» .

'l9 no leotov faooX'^ sniBi « rf.Jlw ,woXorf Sflrf auonl7«Il '^"'"
fiJ*" erii OJ Ln'. o.'i aon.: ^Siua to Jlu..: •£ ^^tnotfxo il .•
i : .Oi a « l.rt-A- LoIIll ■illai-no^ oixj afcloillpl oriT .dotjoqj
,)ll60 nrjltnaoia^a ilex'.i riilvr ,tafl {3©itr.'?Il ort^ llZ ntrorlt ion)

:J (Qera. I'fvo nr ^i.olioo% a^oio nl ^afgl :

• noiv^ocf ouiOTan«n^ ''.v^ al.'vo o'i« •«ioillo-i..

' 'ilioo'Jioo ecflioaot or i«ii1 »r<w* ii«w rrioc:, ' : • ^-.n;

-_J ©rf^* lo*! ,b8LLo:fai aell lasL'\ orfi dol I* nX ^^loau* iflXia^r.//-.
. ' tvrc orl,* ,loitMB 8" tn^I*^ auTi edi gnliobianoo ^Lnalp^ ' ■

ilBrf -/nlLnoiasnioo eii:? 'ic'oJueaU tds al l>vi;iodoil ■ ,tifl» «i«ev'>'
e.ii nl 3~tX ^lo-i^ihi alrlT .6£oai.r« •srliarcf l.*nJt«q , ' Biiffi'-f

.• ;vf if-au biIoa..ju er<* lo erto si tar xit^T-nlq iiip ^^lc?* til
^ 8lr{* 1:0 fiol^ooiJnoo i" .dall to a;<oon oJ ^atiQiiLa. ivl J^salne.
3U\i noi-.*sioft8 ail i»nc taaaeiqmoo ai 1 nKin \ipvllr.\f ^rij BlQn

• JUO ii'JOIO'l'

ti'lJ 1o i.^ieii ovri o ii v6iqtt»X ijoa iLuX^ta *»:\ibI eiJ aj
- .-l ^.tI ^,X ^nol *oe'jalt •;%/ t^'-iov * h

ji ifiXl^r.-f '>■:'.* ^0 at-vlB : -^j. li^ic^ lo et-^J^Xa X/^>Lijci«j

c v.i.'o0i*n iiin noi-'lacrj nl:? ,^;e-iqianX ^icjotd iflX/^aa do^u e/fJ:, ftii
o.TOlJooa irXioa icntv.ia \d iL^ o^ra yrf \

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(Flgs, 9 a and 9 b). Eaoh half of the gland Is a thin walled
ovoidal sac, about Scm, long and ^ tarn, in cross section. In the
sea lamprey. The epithelial cells of the v/alls are of a short
columnar form, and the walls are thrown into numerous Irregular-
ly-arranged papillae and short folds, v/hich project into the
cavity of the gland (Figs. 9 a and 9 b) .

From the medial side of the gland, a short distance
back of its extreme anterior end, the duct leads forward, grad-
ually approaching its fellow of the opposite side, but never
meeting it, to open into the mouth cavity through a small papil-
la. Little or no secretion was seen in the gland. The posterior
end of the gland is separated from the first gill sac by a dis-
tance about equal to the space -coupled by t'.vo gil' sncs.

Figure 9 a represents a transverse section through the
ventral part of the body of an adult brook lamprey. The large
basilar muscle (b.m. ) is seen on each side, betv/eon the body
wall (b.w.) below and the pharynx (phar.) above. Imbedded in
this muscle is the basilar or salivary gland (b.g.) whose walls
are thrown into irregular folds and papillae, as has been men-
tioned.

Figure 9 b is anterior to 9 a and is drawn under greater
magnification. One side only of the gland is shown, the section
passing through it just anterior to the opening of the duct (d.)
into the gland. This figure shows that the folds In the wall of
the gland are formed by invaginations, of irregular form and at

i •-•]££» 1x1.13 a a: banl-, cris 'to ll^r' -tori ,(rf ^ t.:

:■ a « 1o <n« ftd? lo alleo I*. jo ^iT ,\'

ril a o-Toaun o^ai ixvoi-ii oiu alXiiw ©i^ bn*« tcnp't i

c :..'.. '■ 1 liXiB ©/irflfj/sT J onn«T

J8iL .^loiit A ,Liifll3 ©di lo otla Ir.JtLr.a 6.!^ aoa''
in ^fcicwjot aLroL Jo^L o.iJ ,bn» lolioia^ o; o*l lo

Teve.T J*; -f ,6tJt« ©^leo>jqo olJ lo woXIo? tJl 3nlMoeo7qqa cllau

,Ln«l3 ©rfJ ill nooa anw nolv'mooa on lo ^L'ilJ ,r.L
■ i ' era lll'j Jnl'> o 1i mof^ beiBaaq^e ^i trials f^rt to t>n«

01 -fi .'Totioaa oasevanaii a 9inoatiq»i m Q ^iv^l'^
-iJ3l oiT ••{onqfljrl ^ooTcf il.'/ba na lo .borf »-!.i lo Jiaq Xaiinev
i ' t n >o'*^od t&Lla ■'oae no nHf^a a J (•»•/) elosira ta'
iiJ LoLLedml .ovocfa (.iB'^q) xn^c^ciq ©<i4 bn« *oIe / (.w,.-r) ri/v
oUcv- CiSori-Jr (.^i.X) fcnala ciavilca lo laXlaacf art,! al eloai/a alri^
- i^m ni^'nd mi 9'i ^viailljBq bnfl allot inlugsnl oinl

:,i
. CT, irl.nc n-iBiL a± bna a J o* lolt^ins b1 d >•• ntfjlT

:i;cGa o '.^ ,iTVor{a 8l LnnL-x r.;l* lo ^Ino obXa onO .nol.'ac
(.L) v*o»;L ...:.♦ to ^nl i\o-o er'* oS lotioJixfi ieul il rfn:;oi.i^
-0 iIc-.7 ^;:j .il It lo': f;l^ di'.::3 aworfa &-ii;-|ll aXiT .bnal^ orfi o.+ni
J ■■ ^n-" m'lO'l -1 T Ir •; 0 -; •! i 'to ^ anolJ r.rri; j,rv(ii ,J enc

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Irregular intervals. The wall of the duct is of about the same
thickness as that of the gland, but is not thro^yn into folds.
The duct diminishes in size somewhat as it passes forr/ards.

.-^ Asino trace whatever of this basilar or salivary gland

,' K

/'

a©«i4:-fe^<- fx^yad: in even the oldest larvae at hand, which must
, Jiave be^en ver;' nearly ready to undergo transforfliation,] t^teu^h
V^ several well preserved and stained series were axami-ft^, it seemed
possible that this gland might have been developed from the ante-
rior part of the larval thyroid, or from the pair of deep cili-
ated grooves which run forward from the opening of the thyroid
and v,'hich are not present, as such, in the adult condition.

The similarity in the secretion and function of the
larval thyroid to the secretion and function of a salivary gland
seems to support this view. The author hopes, with the aid of
proper material, to be able to prove definitely whether or not
there is any relation between the larval thyroid and the salivary
gland of the adult Petromyzon.

•I.;-* ':o *i

ilii'i wo'* aoil no ^LIoi ^'-'v^

.•ioi*lbiioo il. i •• oi* il 4 ic«.'t nn ,-».f'^8<i(5 fed ciii ,iblr(v i.

/Ilea A to Laii noi.teTooi «.iJ o.'
'• e.') .J'ii ,ao.iO-1 0tn .veiv alrfi .*- 3 oi •■••^

i ♦ Ixin«I « 'i .

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Lettering.

a.h.l. anterior horizontal l.v. lateral invagination.

lamella. 1. loop of the ciliated
aort. aorta. groove.

art. pseudobranchial artery, l.o.g. lateral celD -group,

b.g. basilar (salivari) gland. l.c.h. lateral ciliated cham-
b.m. basilar muscle, bars,

br. point of separation of oili- i". membrane over o.

ated and of cover cells, m,o,g,, m,©,^*., etc, median
b,w. body 'wall, cell-groups,

c.b. cartilaginous bars. m,o,h. median ciliated oham-
cd.r, ciliated dorsal ridge, ber.

ch, notochord. mes, mesoblast,

c. t. connective tissue envel- m.l. median lamella.

ope. S«l** extreme posterior end

d. duct of basilar gland. of median lamella,

d,c,g, dorsal ciliated groove. n.fl. nuclei of ciliated cells,

d,l, cover cells (Decklamelle) . rugl. nuolel of gland cells,

e, eye, o. si it -like opening of cell-
f.l. ciliatel cells, groups.

g.l. gland cells (r)ru8enlamel- oes. oesophagus.

le), P* side pouch of ventral cili-
g,p, gill pouch. ated groove,

gr, primary group of gland cells, phar, pharynx,

gr', secondary group of gland p.h.l, posterior horizontal

cells, lamella.

[ .V.I

( lo <ioo£ .1 •allooaX

.--Lleo lr'\9jfiL .n.o.I .xiotTfl Xfll.^offl/5Tif

lllo Lttii>Sal .••*o.X .La«l3 ( ;i4ivtl«a) loltaad ,s,<f

•••J* J .•Xoa ji; 1- . . *

■ .0 ic^vo .ia -lllo Jo nol-r lo .♦ntoq .irf

».'v.o.:i »«3.o.a! .aXXeo -;ovoc lo tnc beia

.3 -floo .XI«i» itiO'i .w.d

- ' io n£ifcf>fli .1,0. a .ain<J auoal^^aXlinco .cf.o

• Tt^f .a^bli Loaiob loiniLlo •n.t.O

ti^rl !oBoM .aoffl , .t ,rio

,3lloinX .ifllliom 10 .t.TfiXj -ir ' lo ^oub •&

• •^- ' -'<- to loXoun .Xt.n .ov oT^ b(ii/>.tilo : . .o.t

. -L": i..]f>,X3 lo loXr^'.. .X-..n , (nf toijr.Ixoon) atXco tovoo .X.b

'!' :\L :t o ©.Ut-^iXa ,o ue\o #0

.8-4 ■'■T* .alXoo le^nlllo .X.7

.a -\r :^08Ho .aiO - toaaXrraajif ) • (Xoo biiaX.^ tX*!

r Lrl.':\t,v ■*.<; i(Oi..o<^ itll-^ ,.4 , (aX

• •Vooi . loin , 'Otfo i IXln •y»!l
.xn.Tr.'f^^ .n/^i. alloc ! irtl'i .'o .|;;ot\ c-xcBliq .i^

M-rsMo' 1 J .X. :■!.■■ b.^.Rl'. i-^ iLrci-i •. .'

1

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p.s, protuberance of secreted

matter.
8. secretion,
sp.c, spinal cord.
sto. stomodaeum.
thy. thyroid gland.
t.m. tongue muscle,
u.l. upper lip,
V. velum.

v.a, 1, 2, etc. Ist, 2nd,
etc. visceral arches.

V.C-, visceral clefts.

v.c.g. ventral ciliated
groove.

x-y. line through which the
separation of the side
pouch from the ventral cili-
ated groove takes place.

, " ^.^al .0*6 ^" ,X ^n^v t>ei6'roi»8 to oonn- ud ' . .

d'iJ moil ioi/ovi .'ill I'^viqu ,I,ii

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Rxplanation of Plates.
All sections drawn with a Zeiss Camera Luclda,

• • Fir,, 1 a. Larva of P. planerl, 11 days after ferti-
lization; to show the external appearance of the larva at the
time of the first trace of the thyroid. (Mag. 65 diam. )

Fig. 1 b. Transverse section of 12-day larva of P.
planerl, through the anterior end of the thyroid, just anterior
to the openlnp Into the pharynx. Shov/s the gland as a circular
cavity, lined with columnar cells, lying under the digestive
cavity. (I'ag. 325 diam.)

Fig. 1 c. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 1 b
through the anterior part of the opening of the thyroid into
the pharynx. (Mag. 325 di&nu )

Fig. 2 a. Transverse section through the extreme an-
terior end of the thyroid of a 14-day P» planeri iscsata.
(I.:ag. 325 diam.)

Fig. 2 b. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 2 a
but anterior to the opening of the gland into the pharynx.
Shows beginning of lateral invagination. (Mag. 325 diam.)

Fig. 2 0. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 2 b
through the anterior part of the opening of the gland into the
pharynx. (Mag. 325 diam.)

Fig. 2 d. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 2 c
through the posterior part of the opening of the gland into the

t .♦ +*; .-.vtal oriJ lo &.' ''■^ ;

(,ualL lift .'j.U) .btoi ^ -i fii lo •o/iiJ iaill -ri? "io «»i;

<• Vi J3'. '.II, e !.J loL.^L- 'inlil ,3flG0 ir.rusLjlQO i.^l.v L oxill < ». '

c*nt bioi^ 3 ©:.'.♦ lo •> Qiii 1q /liiq i*^ -j adi

( ..-iilL d1?i: •,"5a.'l) .xnnar
-n.i oaim.txo oLt rf^voilJ .iol^o<«3 oa7»vanmT »a *^ •■^^'^

,r>rr-l Li^ahI'I •'? ';>',b-'I « to L • ' e.i^ lo b/ie i

( .iuali
a 9. «.:jl'^ Ov^ loliaiaoq jioiJo?»3 »8'i«vanfltT «rf g •3^^

»xn ^lAki 9i3 oUxl ba«X3 eiJ 'io 5 > erf^ oi lol'iaina JuJ

(.jUfltL ySC .:!}VB ^ ,nol'r. 1 Xiiia'r>X 'lo iS«»vf

d '■ ,->*'^ oJ "f.il'ieJaoi nol.'o»8 oaibvaa^'jT .tO^S^i^jX^
• o.hil L.ikX', o.iJ lo "4.iJli!»'^o o.!^ lo ♦laq "XoXMa^+iia aii

( .^all: .'5e ,5^a-!) .JCt:
o "■ •'jx^. °"^ 'lol i.'ao^ nol,<o-:>« '.i8'jnV8,imT »t .. tAJ*^

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pharynx. (^'ag, 325 diam, )

Fl^« 3 e^ Transverse section through the gland, poc-
terior to the opening Into the pharynx. (Wag, 325 diam.)

Pl^, 3^, vSagittal section through the head of a IS-day
P. planer! larva, passing almost through the median plane of the
thyroid and somewhat to one side of the centre of the stomo-
daeiim. Shov/s the beginning gland as an evagination of the floor
of the pharynx. The anterior and posterior horizontal lamellae,
which finally separate the gland from the pharynx, are just be-
ginning to be formed. (Kag, 325 diam.)

(Figs, 4-7 are taken from the material obtain-sJ at
Ithaca, V. Y, , and are therefore either of the lake or of the
brook lamprey or, perhaps, of both).

Fig. 4 a. Transverse SBCtion through the anterior end
of the thyroid, passing through the extreme posterior edge of the
vertical lamella. Shows beginning of differentiation of cells
into "gland" and "cover" cells. (Mag. 240 diam.)

Fig. 4 b. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 4a,
cutting the gland just anterior to the duct, and shov/ing the
first trace of the ciliated groove. (Mag, 240 diam. )

Fig. 4 c. Transverse section near the posterior end
of the gland, posterior to the duct and to the lateral invagina-
tions. (Mag. 240 diam.)

Fig. 5 a. Lateral view of the head of a 9mm. larva,
to show the relative size of the thyroid gland, and its position

f . . ■ .

f. ■'-• to • n« B«

^*aL'^ B-x^ ,x:rii«fiq 9-^^ mat tfl«X", ^fc* e^m^jwn <{£X«jiIl rlolity

( tSiBlb SZ . . ai oi

■1 To TO o^/!l erii "io ToiJle 9'iol::^i9d^ eiB I tie ^ ,Y •'! ^soaiiT

10 t \o - .•Il'iflusl r

( .jiali 0:n .-^r.:.:) .olleo "-^©voo** bna •baal?'* oinl
, r j- trtl*^ o>t tolieiaoci rroiioea ««ne^r«n«iT t4-LjLlii!I

•.^l Ln'vf'Uti •rf,? Ov* Ln" *0^b ©rfi C^ lol 0

».". V. /il ,iii.r^ n tc Lrfi-' »:i* lo wr-iv In-toJRj ••__!

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In relation to the gill arches, etc. (Drawn from the living
animal under a magnification of 50 dlam) ,

Fig. 5 b. Transverse section through the head of a
f PetromyzorK^arva^ anterior to the thyroid, through the point
where (on the rig?it side) the ciliated groove turns from the
dorsal towards the ventral side of the pharynx. The section cuts
exactly through the end of the loop on the right side but some-
what posterior to this point on the left side, (ivlag, 240 diaci. )

Fig. 5 c. Transverse section a short distance poste-
rior to Fig. 5b, to show how the dorsal branches of the cili-
ated grooves approach each other, on the roof of the pharynx,
as they pasB towards the posterior; and the same for the ventral
branches on the floor of the pharynx. (Mag. 240 dlam.)

Fig. 5 d. Transverse section posterior to Fip;. 5 c
and just anterior to the gland. Shov/s the dorsal ciliated
grooves separated only by a ridge of cells which a short distance
further towards the posterior becomes the ciliated dorsal ridge.
The ventral grooves also are seen nearer together. (Mag. 240
dlam. )

Fig. 5 e. Transverse section through the anterior end
of the thyroid. Shows the still nearer approach of the two ven-
tral grooves. The cover cells are flattened out Into a thin
membrane, y/hlle the gland cells are very long, are splitting off
from thsir nucleated ends the cells to form the ciliated layer
and begin to show an arrangement into the four cell-groups.

,(aa^l 0 lo noi

1o LH-»d wrfj ♦ nolJofta -, -T »<f d t.^-f?

oi:t ! " ■ oJ n ■

• xncioflq «»rU ')o al>Is Lai3aBy ticii atiawoi X«^

' ''bin i'HIi erfi no ^jool •rli lo brte p/iJ
) •eL-Jta Jl'X o.i^ no ialQq el' J
joq oon«.>ail> .♦ 10118 » flol.f&e« •9'i«vin«nT .o a ,\t'i
el? lo X/^8iob P i,} wofl worit

lo looi eri^ ao ^isrlio 'io*o ; • ae

\ov Bd^ Tot diOiia »rfi Ln« ;iot'toJaoq^ o li alijswoj t^saq {ed^ ««
(.mull el's .8«M) . lo nooll

Leiellio LoMiob t>iii awor(9 tbnal:^ vcii oi lolioina iau^ ba
; a 'ioI"'';» «IIeo "Jo

erfi ■
O^'i: .ga'j) ,i« •^•30^ n©i«©n iieoa oia otXa aevoois laiJciGV e.r.

( .iualL

■ i':e?nfl »'f5 -vann'iT ♦ ^ __ •

J3V Q*.' odi lo rfOiJOTiqa Toia-^ir lll^a orlJ two.1'^ .LXoi \^ 'i wri^ to
at'i JC o.*nl v*uo Lcnf5ji«[l oth aCXso i»roo adT .
.i.^tlIqa e»n« ^n^iol ii»v 9in 8lX«0 LjvisX^ arii all ,
•.J ,nL bt^^Blllo ts-^j Ok'iol oi aXXao ft.'!:! aLne Loimftloan •ilcrl.J -~ "

.84^1--IX&0 •• jI '.-'^ O'.li J. 8 O^

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The lateral invagination deeply indents each of the halves into
which the gland is divided by the median lamella. (Mag, 240
diam. )

Fig. 5 f. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 5 e.
The ciliated grooves are nearly joined, the ciliated layer of
cells is now distinct, as are two of the four cell-groups. The
lateral invagination is very deep. (Mag. 240 diam. )

Fig. 5 g. Transverse section posterior to Fig, 5 f but
still anterior to the duct. The ciliated grooves have united
to form a single deep groove which is here spread out at the
bottom, giving it the shape, in cross section, of an inverted
letter T. The structure of the gland is now about the same as
in the preceding section. (Iii^ag. 240 diam.)

Fig. 5 h. Transverse section posterior to Fjg, 5 g and
just anterior to the opening of the duct. The structure of the
gland is the same as in Fig. 5 g but the shape of the ciliated
groove has changed somewhat. (Mag. 240 diam.)

Fig. 5 i. Transverse section through the opening of
the duct into the ciliated groove. Shows that the median cili-
ated chamber opens directly into the deep ciliated groove,
while the lateral ciliated chambers open into the ciliated groove
through the side pouches noticed in the last two preceding fig-
ures. The lateral invaginations, from this point to the poste-
rior end, divide the gland into three distinct parts, a median

' o i.' 'to 'oxio s '

(.

in.: eva.1 sevooTn boinlXlo orfT .Jo.;L e-^^ oJ lolieJiTu IllJa
'J ijs iuo L 9Tt>f{ al riolrfw ©voo't'i <j»c!i

nA To «noIv*o«a aaono nl ^oi^flrla erft J
..;ara t^ !^ }uo^o won al fcnaXa eif^ lo ^li/.^oi/iM adT ,T lei tel

o ©iL'^ci/TJa o;fT aioul) ar*^ To 3iiln«qo arij oi nolTe^na iavl
lo «^c.^9 O.I* .♦ucf .H -3 .iJ'^ nJt a*? 90138 a

-- ■ .; :',;-iB brtJ ir/'» a 0:^ .avooT^ teiellLo orlcf oirtl

jovooi"' LeJf.lIlo iooi. erIJ Ov*nl ^liOuilfc aac^o aoiiii/s't
. iH Lt^^fillxo <»i^ oiiil nejo eierfaa -e Io.J«HIo- laiaJal arfi ellffw
-7i? n.ilbeoo'i^i ow^ inul erf* nl Leol.^on

-.ij.ic.vi a-'.J oJ Jnlo.i alrf,« aoil ^anr^ti il Ifliaifll arfT •a-oiiJ

:i'ILr.'m /' ^s'lBj .♦onl*alfc o-^^iii o3nl Lntig ^arf^ f»tlvlb »bne toll

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and two lateral parts. The median lamella is no longer a com-
plete partition and shows a decided swelling on its dorsal edge.
(Mag. 240 diam. )

Pig. 5 j. Transverse section a short distance poste-
rior to the opening of the duct. The cllisted groove is still
present but much diminished in depth. (Mag, 240 diam.)

Fig, 5 k. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 5 j
passing through the beginning posterior coll. Khows the now
broad and shallow ciliated groove close to the top of the gland,
and the ciliated dorsal ridge on the roof of the pharynx.
(Mag. 240 diam. )

Fig. 5 1. Transverse section through the extreme pos-
terior end of the gland, (Llag, 240 diam.)

Fig. 0 m. A horizontal section through the thyroid,
showing the extent of the complete median lamella, the relative
position of the visceral arches, etc. (Ivlag. 240 diam.)

Fig. 6 g. Transverse section through the anterior end
of the thyroid of a lOom. -^gtromj-s^r larva. All four groups of
cells are now fully developed, and the gland has increased great-
ly in size, as is sho'Wi by the fact that Figs. 5 a-m were magni-
fied 240 diameters, while the larger Figs. 6 a-1 were magnified
only 90 times. This figure about corresponds to Fig, 5 e of the
preceding stage.

Fig, 6 b. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 6 a
and just anterior to the opening of the duct. Corresponds to
Fig, 5 h of the preceding stage, (Wag, 90 diam,)

'loiaol on hL *lloiiai /iBiLi.a arfT •aM'Ki I

Ti

,}: ♦ to OJ lOll

(.iOoIL O^S .arV) . :*q3L ill

^ fti.t ai naolo eVOOTri Lf
• xnc'i''-'.^ f.-^* In looi p-f? no a^fcl-; ixisiot bqi«lIlo ©di .bn«

I .J noiJoos •aifj ♦! .; t^l^

(•aifllt Oi^ •S'l^O abjiAl^ O'i^ lo Lne ioXa«^

( •utfiib Oi-2 .'Tiw..:) ,oiti ,86:10111 Xoneoaiv 9iJ lo
■! ft 'i .('■u-Oi'!,* noJioti% &3n6
1 . i 0" II'' ,ip\iil lies ijuoiw+i**^ .aoOX m Jo l
\ • i.eBJ^oiOiil anri biitiLn Biii fca^; ^Le-ioXeveL x^-t^^'i ^'^'J •'*° alien

a.-fl • oriJ \rf iTao.ia aX a t.^8ia nl iX

ji aa di«w X-g 0 •*liil •»63iflX ©fu+ oXlflw «ai9tt>m0Xi} 0I»2 toXl
lo e J » T ! " o* at loo itJOcfn oii.^il aX-IT •afiiaJ'-* OC iXno

•

o* »i .-j'ia.-f uo"' ..*o L- ^'•'j lo -nlAo^o <» !.* o,» -^ " ■ • - ,

(.ji.':ti. 0^; ,'-<.''') .cm.'^ -'.nil c

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Flg. 6 o. Transverse seotlon through the duct of the
gland. Corresponds to Fig. 5 j of the preceding stage. The lat-
eral ciliated chambers are much more extensive than in the pre-
ceding stage. (Mag. 90 diam. )

Fig. 6 d. Transverse section just posterior to the
duct. Corresponds to Fig. 5 j of the preceding stage. {K&g,
90 diam, )

Figs. 6 e-h. Transverse sections through the coiled
posterior end of the gland, cut in the planes indicated in
Fig. 6 k. (All mag. 90 diam.)

Fig. 6 i. Transverse section through the thyroid,
posterior to the coiled posterior end of the gland, to shov/ the
manner in which the lateral pairs of cell -groups extend for some
distance behind the coiled median cell-groups. The pseudobranch-
ial arteries are seen in this section as a single large vessel.
(Iv^ag. 90 diam. )

Fig. 6 j. Ventral view of the head of a 15cm. Petro-
myzon LisWAfS, with the ventral Integument drawn to one side to
expose the thyroid gland. The relation of the gland to the bars
of the branchial basket is shov/n. (Mag, 3 diam.)

Fig, 6 k. Diagramraatic lateral view of the thyroid
gland, reconstructed by measurement to show, more or less accu-
rately, the longitudinal relationships of the various parts of
the gland. The dotted lines indicate the planes through which
the sections (Figs. 6 a-i) pass.

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cell-groups, highly marnlfied, to show details in structure.
(Ivlag, 925 diain. )

Fip;, 7, FeLi j.-^-s^r-rr^. Larva of a stage betv/een those
represented in ^igs. 5 and 6« About 2 1/2 cm. in length.

Fig. 8a. Transverse section through the pharynx and
anterior end of the thyroid in Ambly stoma, showing the latter
as a deep, ciliated groove in the floor of the former, (Mag.
240 diam. )

Fig. 8 b. Transverse section posterior to Fig. 8a,
showing the thyroid as an enclosed tube, lined with cilia,
(Mag. 240 diam, )

Fig. 9 a. Transverse section through the ventral half
of the head of an adult brook lamprey, to shov;- the position
and relative size of the paired salivary or basilar gland,
(llag, about 17 diam.)

Fig. 9b, Transverse section through one side of the
salivary or basilar gland and its duct, just anterior to the
opening of the latter into the former, (Mag, 50 diam,)

Fi^, 10 a. Transverse section through the ventral
half of an adult brock lamprey, cutting through the fourth gill
sacs, to shov^ the position and relative size of the thyroid gland,
(Mag, 30 diam,)

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at about the plane of the section represented in Fig. 10 a,
(Mag. 430 diam, )

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Note ;- While carrying on the present investigation, I
brought together ill the literature on the subject until I ob-
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This bibliography will probably appear shortly.

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Vlta.

The writer, Albert Moore Reese, was born at Lake
Roland, Maryland, on the first day of Aj^ril, 1872. Fis early
education was obtained at the Friends' Elementary and High
School, in Baltimore, and he entered Johns Hopkins University
in October, 1SB9, solricting the Dhemlcal-Fiological Course.

After receiving the A, B. degree in June, 1892, he
taught for five years, during one of which years he was also
workflfng at the above University as a graduate student, with
Zoology as a major subject and Palaeontology and Botany as first
and second subordinates, respectively. He has continued this
line of work during the past three years and v/as appointed
University Scholar for the year 1899-1900.

Baltimore, May 3, 1900,

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