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T1 Morphological study by scanning electron microscopy on the lingual papillae in tehe common european bat (ppstrellus pipist rellus)
A1 Pastor Vázquez, Juan Francisco
A1 Gato Casado, Ángel Luis
A1 Moro Balbás, José Antonio
A1 Gil Verona, José Antonio
A1 Represa de la Guerra, Juan
A1 Barbosa Ayucar, Enrique
K1 Murciélagos - Alimentación
AB There  are  many  accounts  of  the  ton¡:ucs of  mammals  observed  with scanning  electron microscopy (SEM),  but apparently  only one article about  the tongue of thc Chiroptcra.  In the  present study the tongue surface (after removing extraccellular material) of the European common bat (Pipistrellus¡Jipstrellus) was examined. The tongue is covered with papillae and  has an elevation between its medial and posterior half. There are three types of papillae : filiform, fungiform and circumvallatc, and the filiform can be classified as Slri tly Gliform. conical and crown-like. The shapes and disposition of Jhcsc papillae are related to function. Which is principally to retain capturcd  food during Oight. At highcr magnifica!ion Jhc surfacc of ihc filiform papillae has many pores ;md microridges. which may serve for the production a nd distribution  of mucus over the papillary surface.
PB Elsevier
SN 0003-9969
YR 1993
FD 1993
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/4524
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/4524
LA eng
NO Archives of Oral Biology
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 30-jun-2024