Light and transmission electron microscopy of the dorsal lingual epithelium of Pelusios castaneus (Pleurodira, Chelidae) with special respect to its feeding mechanics

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-71

  Beisser, C J ^a   Lemell, P ^a   Weisgram, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Feeding mechanics; Papillae; Tongue morphology; Turtle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CELL MATURATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EPITHELIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRANULAR CELL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; TONGUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURTLE;

CHELIDAE; PELUSIOS CASTANEUS; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0035079338     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.2000.0156     Document Type: Article

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