An unusual parotid gland in the tent-building bat, Uroderma bilobatum: Possible correlation of interspecific ultrastructural differences with differences in salivary ph and buffering capacity

Anatomical Record

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 290-300

  Nagato, Toshikazu ^a   Tandler, Bernard ^b   Phillips, Carleton J ^c  

^a FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiropterans; Intercalated ducts; Salivary glands; Salivary pH; Secretory endpieces; Striated ducts

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; SALIVARY GLAND DUCT; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CHIROPTERA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVA; SALIVARY DUCTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031686757     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199810)252:2<290::AID-AR15>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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