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  • Title: Studies of the deferent ducts from the testis of the African elephant, Loxodonta africana. III. Ultrastructure and cytochemistry of the ductuli efferentes.
    Author: Jones RC, Holt WV.
    Journal: J Anat; 1981 Sep; 133(Pt 2):247-55. PubMed ID: 6277838.
    Abstract:
    The epithelium of the ductuli efferentes is composed of ciliated, principal, halo and basal cells. The supranuclear cytoplasm of ciliated cells is penetrated by particularly long cilial rootlets which are surrounded by numerous elongate mitochondria. Microtubules are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the cells. The spaces between the microvilli of principal cells form canaliculi which penetrate the apical cytoplasm and appear to be involved in endocytotic activity. The supranuclear cytoplasm contains oval mitochondria and numerous vacuoles. Both ciliated and principal cells contain poorly developed Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum, but numerous supranuclear dense bodies are usually present. Supranuclear and basal accumulations of dense bodies were identified as lipofuscin; they were the source of brown pigmentation in the proximal two thirds of the ductuli efferentes. The halo cells were probably macrophages. They occurred quite frequently and contained crescent shaped nuclei and large accumulations of lipofuscin material.
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