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Fig. 4

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

Fig. 4

Photomicrographs of the dorsal surface of the body of the tongue of the red-eared slider. View (A) shows rectangular filiform papillae (RFP), conical papilla (arrowheads), fungiform papilla (Fu), and lamina propria (arrow). (H&E, Mag.40X, bar = 500 μm. View (B) pointed filiform papillae (FF) and collagen fiber (CO). (Masson trichrome, Mag.40X, bar = 500 μm). View (C) shows serial taste buds (TB), sensory cells (arrow), and supporting cells (arrowheads) (H&E, Mag.400X, bar = 50 μm). View (D) shows stratum basalis (SB), stratum spinosum (SP), and outermost squamous cells layer (arrow). (H&E, Mag.400X, bar = 50 μm)

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