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    Mehlis gland ('mā-lis-) also called Shell gland, is primarily present surrounding the ootype of Platyhelminthes, and it is a part of the female reproductive...
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  • Thumbnail for Clonorchis sinensis
    branched. Other highly branched organs called vitellaria (or vitelline glands) are distributed on either side of the body. The eggs are similar to those...
    28 KB (3,298 words) - 21:58, 8 January 2024
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    where eggs are formed), a complex collection of glands cells called Mehlisgland, which is believed to lubricate the uterus for egg passage. In addition...
    24 KB (2,488 words) - 17:12, 17 October 2023
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    egg is surrounded by yolk, its shell is formed from the secretions of Mehlis' glands, the ducts of which also open into the ootype. From the ootype, the...
    23 KB (2,755 words) - 06:06, 17 April 2024
  • highly branched glandular organ called vitellaria (often called vitelline glands). Unlike the anterior end, the posterior end is rounded. The eggs of O....
    35 KB (3,939 words) - 18:43, 7 January 2024
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    uterus opens into the genital atrium; this opening is surrounded by Mehlis glands. In some flukes, the terminal end of the uterus is strengthened with...
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  • Thumbnail for Pseudorhabdosynochus americanus
    intestinal cecum; ootype lying to left of body midline, with well-developed Mehlisgland and giving rise to delicate banana-shaped uterus when empty. Common...
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  • between the penis sac and vitelline reservoir, and is surrounded by the Mehlis gland. The uterus extends to the left of the anterior and is dilated proximally...
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  • Thumbnail for Pseudorhabdosynochus kritskyi
    around right intestinal cecum; ootype lying to left of body midline; Mehlis' gland not observed; uterus delicate, banana shaped when empty. Common genital...
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  • Thumbnail for Pseudorhabdosynochus justinella
    lying slightly to left of body midline and surrounded by well-developed Mehlis' gland; uterus banana-shaped when empty, delicate. Common genital pore ventral...
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  • Thumbnail for Pseudorhabdosynochus hyphessometochus
    Germarium pyriform, dorsoventrally looping right intestinal cecum; Mehlisgland not observed; uterus delicate, with variable diameter. Vaginal sclerite...
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  • Thumbnail for Pseudorhabdosynochus sulamericanus
    intestinal cecum; ootype lying to left of body midline, with well-developed Mehlisgland; uterus delicate, banana shaped when empty. Common genital pore ventral...
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  • Thumbnail for Pseudorhabdosynochus yucatanensis
    ootype lying slightly to left of body midline, with well-developed Mehlisgland and giving rise to delicate banana-shaped uterus when empty. Common...
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  • Thumbnail for Pseudorhabdosynochus manifestus
    of about 80 µm. Its oviduct forms the ootype and is surrounded by the Mehlis gland; the ootype opens into the uterus. It counts with an unsclerotised, dorsally...
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