Tangential section through the anterior half of the cytopharyngeal
basket. Drawings and discussion of the basket can be found in a paper
by Tucker, J. Cell Science 3: 493-514, 1968. a, oral atrium;
t, thickened corrugations of collar; n, pericytostomal
flanges; y, subcytostomal lamellae; f, fibrous annulus
under collar; i, dense intermicrotubular material at top of
rods; r, rods; x, rod lamellae; cr, crests;
d, dense annulus. EM taken on 4/1/69 by R. Allen with Philips
300 TEM. Neg. 3,570X. Bar = 2µm.
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