Fine structure of the dorsal lingual epithelium of Trachemys scripta elegans (Chelonia: Emydidae)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-135

  Beisser, Christian Josef ^a   Weisgram, Josef ^a   Hilgers, Helge ^a   Splechtna, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epithelium; Lingual papillae; Red eared turtle; Tongue; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETORY GRANULE; TONGUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANELLES; TONGUE; TURTLES;

EID: 0031942264     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199802)250:2<127::AID-AR1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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