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Relationship between anal intake of water and anal rhythm in the crayfish

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, ISSN: 0300-9629, Vol: 61, Issue: 4, Page: 685-688
1978
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1.1. Water flux through the anus is seen in Procambarus clarkii and it ceases on ablation of the 6AG.2.2. The quantity of anal water flux (volume per 30 min or 5 min) accompanying spontaneous or passive anal contractions is measured by connecting polyethylene tubing to the intestine.3.3. The quantity is proved not to be affected by the anal rhythm, defaecation or gastroliths in the stomach. But it will be subjected to synchronizing movements of the hindgut to anal rhythm.4.4. The anterior intestinal nerve is assumed to contribute to anal water flux, but the anal motoneurones and the command interneurone are not so.5.5. Compared the quantity accompanying spontaneous anal contractions (16.05 ± 24.04 μl/30 min, n = 18) with the known data of the urine flow reported by Kamemoto & Ono (Comp. Biochem. Physiol.27, 851–857, 1968), a probable function of anal water intake is discussed.

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