Light microscopy study of lingual papillae in rabbits ( oryctolagus cuniculus ) | ||
| Magazine of Al-Kufa University for Biology | ||
| Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 251-255 | ||
| Author | ||
| Methaq Abdul Razaq A-Alshemkhi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Histologically the dorsal surface of rabbit tongue was Coverd by stratified squamous epithelium , from lingual epithelium progect me chanical papillae which represented by filiform papillae was similar to threads like and distributed on the entire dorsal surface of the tongue , and gustatory papillae were included , fungi – form like cone – shape or musbroow like , located at apex and dorso – lateral surface of tongue , contain few taste – buds in their walls while the circumrallate papillae wererounded in shapes and surrounded by trenches and their walls with numerous taste buds . the foliate papillae similar to ridges that separated by groove . the foliate papillae more developed in the rabbits tongue when compared with other mammalian tongue . the core of the tongue consist of skeletal muscle bundles , interlaced in many direction ( longitudinal , oblique , vertical and transverse ) | ||
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