Morphology of the tongue and characteristics of lingual papillae in Cuniculus paca (Rodentia: Cuniculidae)

Morphology of the tongue and characteristics of lingual papillae in Cuniculus paca (Rodentia: Cuniculidae)

This paper describes the morphology of the tongue, its extrinsic muscles, and the characteristics of lingual papillae in Cuniculus paca. We used fifteen specimens from the Wild Animals Sector of Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). In this species, the tongue is divided into three regions: root,...

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Main Authors: André Luiz Quagliatto Santos, Rogério Rodrigues de Souza, Márcia Rita Fernandes Machado, Mariana Oliveira Lima, Lorena Tannús Menezes, Lucélia Gonçalves Vieira, Priscilla Rosa Queiroz Ribeiro, Mariana Casteleti Beraldo-Massoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2013-11-01
Series:Biotemas
Subjects:
Anatomy
Extrinsic tongue muscles
Mammals
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/2175-7925.2013v26n4p169

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