...Ashley Hill; John E. Reynolds, III Examination of the gross and microscopic anatomy of the kidney of the West Indian manatee, Trichechus mαnatus , revealed that: (1) the medulla is about 6 times thicker than the cortex; (2) juxtameduUary glomeruli have a mean diameter 1.3 times greater than...

...Maria D. Bazzini; John E. Reynolds, III; Richard A. Essman The West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus , has amedullary, pachyostotic long bones. Since marrow cavities of the long bones typically are the locations of hemopoiesis in adult mammals, the manatee has evolved an alternative primary site...

...J.E. Reynolds, III; W.J. Krause The anatomy of the duodenum of the West Indian manatee has both macroscopic and microscopic features that are unusual when compared to other mammalian forms. Macroscopically, the voluminous duodenal ampulla and the paired duodenal diverticula are distinctive...