Microanatomy of the palatal mucosa of the semiaquatic malayan box turtle, Cuora amboinensis, and functional implications

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 876-885

  Heiss, Egon ^a,c   Plenk Jr , Hanns ^b   Weisgram, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Feeding; Histology; Oral mucosa; Palate; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEEK MUCOSA; CUORA AMBOINENSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOBLET CELL; KERATINIZATION; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EATING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOUTH MUCOSA; PALATE, SOFT; TASTE BUDS; TURTLES; VIDEO RECORDING;

CUORA AMBOINENSIS; TERRAPENE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 47249093749     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20695     Document Type: Article

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