Function-related morphological characteristics and specialized structures of the avian tongue

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 75-87

  Erdoǧan, Serkan ^a   Iwasaki, Shin ichi ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird; Internal lingual structures; Light and electron microscopy; Lingual papillae; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BEAK; BIRD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNGEAL CAVITY; PHARYNX; SALIVARY GLAND; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASTE BUD; TONGUE; TONGUE PAPILLA; TOOTH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TONGUE;

EID: 84901246590     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2013.09.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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