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From: The tongue of the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans): morphological characterization through gross, light, scanning electron, and immunofluorescence microscopic examination

Fig. 1

A gross dorsal view of the floor of the oropharyngeal cavity of an adult red-eared slider explains the tongue. Lower alveolar band (LAB), apex of the tongue (AT), the body of the tongue (BT), root of the tongue (RT), lingual papillae (LP), paralingual ridge (PLR), sublingual space (SLS), median lingual fissure (MLF), laryngeal mound (LM) and ligament of the root of the tongue (red arrowheads). Scale bar = 5 mm

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