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Does salinity make a difference-Kidney anatomy of Saimaa (Pusa saimensis) and Baltic ringed seals (Pusa hispida botnica)

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By Heini Nihtilä, Juha Laakkonen
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1 INTRODUCTION The multilobed kidneys of pinnipeds and cetaceans are reniculate, consisting of numerous reniculi, each corresponding to a lobe or a unilobar kidney.
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Does salinity make a difference—Kidney anatomy of Saimaa ( Pusa saimensis ) and Baltic ringed seals ( Pusa hispida botnica )

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By Heini Nihtilä, Juha Laakkonen
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1 INTRODUCTION The multilobed kidneys of pinnipeds and cetaceans are reniculate, consisting of numerous reniculi, each corresponding to a lobe or a unilobar kidney.
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Morphology of sweat glands in the skin of Saimaa (Pusa hispida saimensis) and Baltic ringed (Pusa hispida botnica) seals

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By Heini Nihtilä, Juha Laakkonen, Laura Itkonen
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1 INTRODUCTION The protective skin is the largest mammalian organ, with physical, sensory, immunological, and thermoregulatory functions. Hair follicle microstructure varies little between seal species (Bergersen, 1931; Ling, 1968, 2018; Montagna & Harrison, 1957; Sokolov, 1960, 1962; Troll-Obergfell, 1930), but differences in the seasonal proliferative and secretory activity or quiescence of hair follicles and associated skin glands may affect the structure depending on sampling timing.
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Anatomical variations in the cerebral arterial circle of the Saimaa (Pusa hispida saimensis) and Baltic ringed seals (Pusa hispida botnica)

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By Juha Laakkonen, Heini Nihtilä, Jukka Jernvall
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1 INTRODUCTION Two arterial systems supply the vertebrate brain. The anterior carotid system derives from the internal carotid artery and irrigates the forebrain. The posterior vertebral system derives from the vertebral arteries and mainly supplies the brainstem (Fenrich et al., 2021).
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