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From: A wonderful network unraveled - Detailed description of capillaries in the prosomal ganglion of scorpions

Figure 8

Various aspects of the cerebral vasculature in different scorpion taxa. A: SEM of a corrosion cast of the cerebral vascular system in Lychas mucronatus, Buthidae; ventral view; overview of the cerebral vasculature; showing coxal arteries (Ca1, 2), arrowhead indicates postneuropilar arteries. B: SEM of a corrosion cast of the prosomal vascular system in Serradigitus joshuaensis, Vaejovide; anterior view; showing midline arteries (Tga, Ea, Pa), arrowhead indicating a vessel loop. C: SEM of a corrosion cast of the prosomal vascular system in Superstitionia donensis, Superstitioniidae; ventral view; showing transganglionic arteries (Tga), arrowhead indicates a postneuropilar artery forming a vessel loop. D: Volume rendering of the prosomal vascular system in Hadrurus arizoniensis, Iuridae; ventral view; showing transganglionic arteries (Tga); arrowheads indicate postneuropilar arteries. E: SEM of a corrosion cast of the cerebral vascular system in Diplocentrus lindo, Diplocentridae; posterior view, ventral is left; showing transganglionic arteries (Tga), dashed yellow lines indicate the position of the central ganglion. F: Surface renderings of the cerebral vasculature in Bothriurus keyserlingi, Bothriuridae; anterior view; showing efferent arteries (e.g. Lca, lateral collection artery). G: SEM of a corrosion cast of the cerebral vascular system in Uroctonus mordax, Vaejovidae; ventral view; showing efferent arteries (e.g. Pc, pedipalpocoxal arteries), arrowhead indicates a vessel loop. Abbreviations: Ao, anterior aorta; Ca I + II, coxapophysal arteries; Ch, cheliceral arteries; Cv, cerebral vasculature; Ea, esophageal arteries; Fca, frontal collection artery; II + III, legarteries; Lca, lateral collection arteries; Pa, protocerebral artery, Pc, pedipalpocoxal arteries; Pp, pedipalpal arteries; Tga, transganglionic arteries; Vv, ventral vessel.

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