General morphology of the oral cavity of the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti, 1768). I. Palate and gingivae

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-297

  Putterill, J F ^a   Soley, J T ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crocodylus niloticus; Histology; Morphology; Nile crocodile; Oral cavity; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GINGIVA; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PALATE; PRESSORECEPTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASTE BUD;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 1542790099     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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