Searching for the vomeronasal organ of adult humans: Preliminary findings on location, structure, and size

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 483-491

  Smith, Timothy D ^a,b   Siegel, Michael I ^b   Burrows, Annie M ^a,b   Mooney, Mark P ^b   Burdi, Alphonse R ^c   Fabrizio, Philip A ^d   Clemente, F Richard ^d  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Paraseptal cartilages; Three dimensional reconstruction; Vomeronasal epithelium

Indexed keywords

MICROCOMPUTERS;

CORONAL SECTIONS; HAEMATOXYLIN; HEMATOXYLIN EOSIN; HUMAN CADAVER; PARASEPTAL CARTILAGE; PERIODIC ACID; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; VOMERONASAL EPITHELIUM; VOMERONASAL ORGANS;

CARTILAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NOSE CARTILAGE; NOSE SEPTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0031879807     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980615)41:6<483::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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