Corpuscle of Grandy
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The corpuscles of Grandy have been noticed in the beaks and tongues of birds. They consist of corpuscles oval or spherical, contained within a delicate nucleated sheath, and containing several cells, tow or more compressed vertically. The cells are granular and transparent, with a nucleus. The nerve enter on one side and, laying aside its medullary sheath, terminated in or between the cells. Show is a corpuscle of Grandy, from the tongue of a duck.
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Cellular BiologySource
Baker, W. Morrant & Harris, Vincent Dormer Kirkes' Hand-book of Physiology, 13th ed. (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1892) 108
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