Three-dimensional ultrastructure of the surface of the tongue of the rat snake, Elaphe climacophora

Anatomical Record

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-12

  Iwasaki, Shin Ichi ^a   Yoshizawa, Hideki ^b   Kawahara, Ichisuke ^b  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelium; Microfacets; Microridges; Microvilli; Rat snake; Tongue; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAKE; TONGUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; TONGUE;

EID: 0029881636     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199605)245:1<9::AID-AR2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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