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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. 2

SEM images (Views A-D) of the tongue of the red-eared slider shows the following: paralingual ridge (PLR), apex of the tongue (AT), the body of tongue (BT), root of tongue (RT), ligament of root of the tongue (LRT), glottis (GO), laryngeal mound (LM), sublingual space (SLS), median lingual fissure (MLF), taste pores (green arrowheads), rectangular filiform papillae (RFP), conical papillae (CP) and fungiform papillae (FU). Scale bars: A = 2 mm, B = 20 μm, C = 200 μm, and D = 10 μm

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