Sensory nerve endings in the hard palate and papilla incisiva of the rhesus monkey

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 427-437

  Halata, Z ^a   Baumann, K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free nerve ending; Lamellated corpuscle; Mechano receptors; Meissner corpuscle; Merkel cell; Palate; Ruffini corpuscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; FOOD; HARD PALATE; INCISIVE PAPILLA; INNERVATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; MASTICATION; MERKEL CELL; MUCOSA; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY NERVE; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MECHANORECEPTORS; MERKEL CELLS; MOUTH MUCOSA; PALATE; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0033007316     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050241     Document Type: Article

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