HEART HISTOLOGY OF THE FOUR CHAMBERS IN THE SPOTTED SCAT, SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS, DURING THE JUVENILE STAGE

Lamai  Thonhboon; Sinlapachai  Senarat; Jes  Kettratad; Mark  Tunmore; Pisit  Poolprasert; Sansareeya  Wangkulangkul; Watiporn  Yenchum; Wannee  Jiraungkoorskul

Authors

Lamai Thonhboon Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, 90110, Thailand.
Sinlapachai Senarat Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Jes Kettratad Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Mark Tunmore The Boat House, Church Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall, TR12 7PH, United Kingdom.
Pisit Poolprasert Program of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, Phitsanulok, 65000, Thailand.
Sansareeya Wangkulangkul Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, 90110, Thailand.
Watiporn Yenchum Bio-Analysis Laboratory, Department of Chemical Metrology and Biometry, National Institute of Metrology (Thailand), Pathum Thani, 10120, Thailand.
Wannee Jiraungkoorskul Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.

Keywords:

Blood vessel, fish, heart, histology, spotted scat

Abstract

The heart structure of the spotted scat, Scatophagus argus, was observed from the Paknam Pranburi Estuary, Thailand, using histological and histochemical techniques. The results revealed that the heart structure consisted of 4 chambers comprising the sinus venosus, the atrium, the ventricle, and the bulbus arteriosus which were basically structured into 3 layers (the epicardium, the myocardium, and the endocardium). The feature of the sinus venosus was structured similarly to the atrium. It had 2 layers which were a thin layer of the epicardium and the endocardium. However, the myocardium in the atrium had much more cardiac muscular tissue than was found in the sinus venosus. The ventricle in this species was thicker than that of the atrium and it was composed of the thickest layer of the cardiomyocytes. The localization of the bulbus arteriosus with the ventral aorta was the final observation of the heart organ and had a thicker layer of the myocardium than the other layers.

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