Ultrastructural study of the dorsal lingual epithelium of the Asian snail-eating turtle, Malayemys subtrijuga

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-152

  Iwasaki, Shin Ichi ^a   Wanichanon, Chaitip ^a   Asami, Tomoichiro ^b  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asian snail eating turtle; Tongue epithelium; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DESMOSOME; EPITHELIUM; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; RIBOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TONGUE; TONOFILAMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; DISCOIDAE; EMYDIDAE; GASTROPODA; MALAYEMYS SUBTRIJUGA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0029986660     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(96)80034-3     Document Type: Article

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