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Scanning Electron Microscopy of Lingual Papillae in the Common Shrew, Sorex araneus , L.
Author(s) -
Jackowiak H.,
Godynicki S.,
Jaroszewska M.,
Wilczyńska B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2004.00551.x
Subject(s) - lingual papilla , tongue , anatomy , araneus , apex (geometry) , biology , shrew , dorsum , sorex , pathology , zoology , medicine
Summary The dorsal surface of the tongue of the adult common shrew ( Sorex araneus L.) was examined by scanning electron microscopy. As in the other insectivores, three types of lingual papillae were observed: filiform, fungiform and vallate papillae. The filiform papillae represented the most numerous type of lingual papillae. The characteristic feature of the filiform papillae, covering the apex and corpus of the tongue, is the two processes tilted to the root of the tongue. The filiform papillae on the lingual apex are reduced in size and structure. Five to six fungiform papillae are placed symmetrically along the left and right border of the corpus of the tongue. Two large oval vallate papillae are located on the radix of the tongue. The posterior surface of the tongue in common shrew is covered with a smooth mucosa with the openings of the serous glands.