The vomeronasal organ of the South American armadillo Chaetophractus villosus (Xenarthra, Mammalia): Anatomy, histology and ultrastructure

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 587-604

  Carmanchahi, Pablo D ^a,c   Aldana Marcos, H J ^a,b   Ferrari, C C ^a   Affanni, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MORÓN   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Jacobson's organ; Olfaction; Vomeronasal glands

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MICROVILLUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SEPTUM; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0033429211     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005634     Document Type: Article

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