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The corpuscles of Stannius are special endocrine organs in the kidney in fish and are responsible for maintaining calcium balance. They are found only in bony fishes. They were discovered and described by a German anatomist Hermann Friedrich Stannius in 1839. Stannius considered them as functionally similar to adrenal glands in mammals. But they have later been found to be anatomically different as they are derived from different tissues of the embryo. Structurally the corpuscles are a large number of spherical bodies separated from each other by loose connective tissues. Each body or lobule is in turn composed of several columnar cells, which contain secretory granules and are, thus, secretory in function. Each Secretory granule is spherical in shape and measures 0.5 to 1 μm in diameter.

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  • The corpuscles of Stannius are special endocrine organs in the kidney in fish and are responsible for maintaining calcium balance. They are found only in bony fishes. They were discovered and described by a German anatomist Hermann Friedrich Stannius in 1839. Stannius considered them as functionally similar to adrenal glands in mammals. But they have later been found to be anatomically different as they are derived from different tissues of the embryo. Structurally the corpuscles are a large number of spherical bodies separated from each other by loose connective tissues. Each body or lobule is in turn composed of several columnar cells, which contain secretory granules and are, thus, secretory in function. Each Secretory granule is spherical in shape and measures 0.5 to 1 μm in diameter. Their possible endocrine nature, i.e. producing hormone, was suspected from the complete anatomical description, and it was believed to be responsible for regulating calcium level in the blood. The hormone was identified as stanniocalcin. (en)
  • スタニウス小体(スタニウスしょうたい)とは真骨類とにのみ存在する魚類特有の内分泌器官。発生学的にはに由来し、腎臓に付着して存在する。血漿カルシウム濃度を低下させる作用を有する(stanniocalcin)を分泌する。サケ科魚類では体腎の中央部に4個のスタニウス小体が、コイ類では体腎の尾部に2個のスタニウス小体が認められる。 (ja)
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  • スタニウス小体(スタニウスしょうたい)とは真骨類とにのみ存在する魚類特有の内分泌器官。発生学的にはに由来し、腎臓に付着して存在する。血漿カルシウム濃度を低下させる作用を有する(stanniocalcin)を分泌する。サケ科魚類では体腎の中央部に4個のスタニウス小体が、コイ類では体腎の尾部に2個のスタニウス小体が認められる。 (ja)
  • The corpuscles of Stannius are special endocrine organs in the kidney in fish and are responsible for maintaining calcium balance. They are found only in bony fishes. They were discovered and described by a German anatomist Hermann Friedrich Stannius in 1839. Stannius considered them as functionally similar to adrenal glands in mammals. But they have later been found to be anatomically different as they are derived from different tissues of the embryo. Structurally the corpuscles are a large number of spherical bodies separated from each other by loose connective tissues. Each body or lobule is in turn composed of several columnar cells, which contain secretory granules and are, thus, secretory in function. Each Secretory granule is spherical in shape and measures 0.5 to 1 μm in diameter. (en)
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  • Corpuscle of Stannius (en)
  • スタニウス小体 (ja)
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