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The ultrastructure of atrial and ventricular myocardial cells from Acipenser stellatus is described. The cells of the atrium are more loosely connected than those of the ventricle. Cell contact is by simple intercalated discs and by desmosomes. The cells are flattened, with peripheral myofibrils and a central region of mitochondria and the nucleus. The sarcoplasmic reticulum consists of subsarcolemmal tubules, that frequently extend towards the central mitochondria. Dyads are small and positioned at any sarcomeric level. No T-tubules are present. Specific granules are restricted to the atrial cell, and are sometimes present within the SR tubules.
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Myklebust, R., Kryvi, H. Ultrastructure of the heart of the sturgeon Acipenser stellatus (Chondrostei). Cell Tissue Res. 202, 431–438 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220435
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