Ah. Saad et Wm. Bassiouni, STRUCTURE AND HISTOCHEMICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE SPLEEN OF AGAMA-STELLIO (SAURIA, AGAMIDAE) AND CHALCIDES-OCELLATUS (SAURIA, SCINCIDAE), Journal of morphology, 216(2), 1993, pp. 115-120
The spleen of Agama stellio is composed mainly of red pulp; the white
pulp is poorly developed, and its clusters are scattered throughout th
e organ and contain lymphocytes, reticular cells, and some plasma cell
s. The red pulp consists of clear reticular cells intermingled with bl
ood cells, sinusoids, and pigment cells. The spleen of Chalcides ocell
atus is encapsulated by connective tissue and is composed of white and
red pulp. The white pulp consists of lymphoid tissue that surrounds t
he central arterioles, forming the periarteriolar lymphocyte sheath (P
ALS). The red pulp is composed of a system of venous sinuses and cords
. The results of various histochemical procedures designed to demonstr
ate mucosubstances, proteins, and nucleic acids indicate that the sple
en in these species resembles the mammalian spleen.