Morphological and Histological Study Of The Cerebrum In A Nocturnal Bird Species (Barn Owl)TytoAlba

Abstract

Morphological and histoarchitecture aspects on the cerebrum of (barn owl) were made
to find outthe cerebrum size, design and the description of cerebral region components at the
light microscopic level by using Haematoxylin – Eosin and periodic acid schift (PAS)
stain methods. The result of the morphological aspects revealed that the cerebrum was large
and an obtuse triangle in shape, its surface had a slight furrow. Sagittal sections revealed
the location, arrangement and size of pallial and subpallial cerebral divisions. The result of
the microscopic examinations indicated that the large and massive hyperpallium (wulst) was
thick,hypertrophied wired, and multilaminate structure reflect their wider stereoscopic night
vision. The dorsolateral corticoid area (CDL) contained three different cell groups. The well
developed dorsal ventricular ridge (DVR) contained mesopalliumnidopallium and
arcopallium, contained voluminous nuclear heterogeneous neuron groups and pyramidal
cells. The higher density of the large pyramidal cells were found in the nidopallium (nest
pallium) that is surrounding the crescent shap lateral ventricle. The striatum had a striated
appearance due to its special histoarchitecture. The pallidum was the smallest and the
deepest among cerebral subdivision, it had a pale appearance