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Fig. 3

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

Fig. 3

Photomicrographs of the dorsal surface of the tip of the tongue of the red-eared slider. View (A) shows the rectangular filiform papillae (arrowheads), fungiform papillae (arrow), lamina propria (LP), and skeletal muscle bundles with different oriantation (MS). (H&E, Mag.40X, bar = 500 μm). View (B) shows the collagen fiber of lamina propria (CO) and skeletal muscle (MS). (Masson trichrome, Mag.40X, bar = 500 μm). View (C) shows the stratified lingual epithelium (EP) and mucous cells on the lateral surface of the lingual epithelium (MU) (PAS, Mag.40X, bar = 500 μm)

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