The distribution of organised lymphoid tissue in the alimentary tracts of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and possums (Trichosurus vulpecula and Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-278

  Hemsley, S W ^a   Canfield, P J ^a   Husband, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alimentary lymphoid tissue; Marsupials

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CECUM; COLON MUCOSA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISSECTION; ESOPHAGUS; ILEUM; LARGE INTESTINE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SMALL INTESTINE; SOFT PALATE; STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TONGUE; TONSIL;

ANIMALS; CECUM; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OROPHARYNX; PALATE, SOFT; PEYER'S PATCHES; RECTUM; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; TONSIL;

EID: 0029870938     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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