Skip to main content
Fig. 5 | BMC Veterinary Research

Fig. 5

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

Fig. 5

Photomicrographs of the dorsal surface of the root of the tongue of the red-eared slider. Views (A and B) show the pointed filiform papillae (thin arrow), lymphoid-associated tissue (thick arrow), lamina propria (LP), lingual musculature (MS), lingual hyaline cartilage (HC), and conical papillae (arrowheads) (H&E, Mag.40, bar = 500, and 200 μm respectively). View (C) shows the mucosal associated lymphoid tissue of the tongue (thick arrow), crypt (thin arrow), and mucous surface cell (MU) (H&E, Mag.400X, bar = 50 μm). View (D) shows Ruffini corpuscle (RC) and blood vessels (BV) (H&E, Mag.400X, bar = 50 μm). Views (E and F) show the collagen fiber core of lamina propria (CO), skeletal muscles (thick arrow), hyaline cartilage (HC), perichondrium (arrowhead), and chondrocytes (thin arrow). (Masson trichrome, Mag.40X, bar = 500 and 200 μm respectively)

Back to article page

BMC Veterinary Research

ISSN: 1746-6148

Contact us