关键词: 麝香腺囊, 麝香分泌, 交配期, 显微与超微结构

Abstract: After the vigorous musk-secreting period of Moschus is the copulation phase, in which the columnar glandular epithelium of the musk gland performs apocrine and discharges secretion. The cytoplasm ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum are abundant. The highly dense granules,secretory vacuoles and lysosomes are very scarce. The sebaceous glands of musk sac perform holocrine in the vigorous period. These results show that glandular epithelium during the copulation phase is at the stage that protein is synthesized and secreted actively before the vigorous period. Therefore a part from the vigorous period, the Moschus also secretes a little musk. The above results provide a theoretical basis for frequent artificial musk secretion.

Key words: Musk glandular sac, Musk secretion, Copulation phase, Microscopic structure and ultrastructure