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Complex Sensory Corpuscles in the Upper Jaw of Horsfield's Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)
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SYSNO ASEP 0357740 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Complex Sensory Corpuscles in the Upper Jaw of Horsfield's Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) Author(s) Buchtová, Marcela (UZFG-Y) RID, ORCID
Páč, L. (CZ)
Knotek, Z. (CZ)
Tichý, F. (CZ)Source Title Acta veterinaria Brno. - : Veterinární a farmaceutická univerzita Brno - ISSN 0001-7213
Roč. 78, č. 2 (2009), s. 193-197Number of pages 5 s. Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords Mechanoreceptors ; reptiles ; Testudines Subject RIV FF - HEENT, Dentistry CEZ AV0Z50450515 - UZFG-Y (2005-2011) UT WOS 000267788000001 DOI 10.2754/avb200978020193 Annotation The sensory corpuscles of Testudo horsfieldii in the skin of the upper lip and face were studied with light and electron microscopy. The sensory corpuscles were situated under epidermis; in the corium and also between the upper jaw bone tissues in the rostral part of oral cavity. The skin sensory corpuscles with a ramified inner core were grouped in clusters. Within the corpuscle there were several simple inner cores embedded within a common superficial capsule. The complex corpuscles have a novel structure in comparison to what has been described for sensory nerve endings in turtle. The complex sensory corpuscles probably function as mechanoreceptors important for monitoring the movement of the keratinized ridges and the most rostral part of the upper jaw, the rhamphotheci. Workplace Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Contact Jana Zásmětová, knihovna@iapg.cas.cz, Tel.: 315 639 554 Year of Publishing 2011
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