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: Received: 16 June 2023 / Approved: 19 June 2023 / Online: 19 June 2023 (16:12:55 CEST)
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Madkour, F.A.; Soliman, S.A.; Abd-elhafeez, H.H.; Elmansi, A. Morphometrical and Scanning Electron Microscopic Investigations on the Rahmani Sheep’s Tongue: Adaptive Strategies for Feeding Behaviors. Preprints2023, 2023061376. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1376.v1
Madkour, F.A.; Soliman, S.A.; Abd-elhafeez, H.H.; Elmansi, A. Morphometrical and Scanning Electron Microscopic Investigations on the Rahmani Sheep’s Tongue: Adaptive Strategies for Feeding Behaviors. Preprints 2023, 2023061376. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1376.v1
Madkour, F.A.; Soliman, S.A.; Abd-elhafeez, H.H.; Elmansi, A. Morphometrical and Scanning Electron Microscopic Investigations on the Rahmani Sheep’s Tongue: Adaptive Strategies for Feeding Behaviors. Preprints2023, 2023061376. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1376.v1
APA Style
Madkour, F.A., Soliman, S.A., Abd-elhafeez, H.H., & Elmansi, A. (2023). Morphometrical and Scanning Electron Microscopic Investigations on the Rahmani Sheep’s Tongue: Adaptive Strategies for Feeding Behaviors. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1376.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Madkour, F.A., Hanan H. Abd-elhafeez and Ahmed Elmansi. 2023 "Morphometrical and Scanning Electron Microscopic Investigations on the Rahmani Sheep’s Tongue: Adaptive Strategies for Feeding Behaviors" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1376.v1
Abstract
Abstract: The morphological characteristics of the tongue of the Rahmani sheep (Ovis aries) were described using gross inspection, morphometry analysis, and scanning electron microscopy. Nine mature male sheep heads were slaughtered, and samples were taken right away. The tongue was dissected, and various samples were obtained for SEM. The tongue had two different types of lingual papillae: mechanical (filiform, conical, and lenticular papillae) and gustatory (fungiform and vallate papillae). The main papillae and several secondary and tertiary papillae combine to produce each filiform papilla. On the dorsal surface of the tongue, there were five different types of conical papillae dispersed throughout, as well as three huge conical papillae and various-sized flattening papillae in front of the frenulum linguae. Furthermore, on the torus linguae, two different types of lenticular papillae were found. The majority of fungiform papillae possessed prominent taste buds' pores and were button-shaped with a central depression region, particularly in the rostral section of the tongue. On either side of the torus linguae, there are two rows of round, elliptical, pyramidal, and oval circumvallate papillae. Each papilla is surrounded by flat, broad, undulating annular rods and papillary grooves. The lingual surface also included numerous lin-gual gland openings in a variety of forms, which increased in number at the root. Finally, variations in the form, size, and number of lingual papillae, as well as the distribution of lingual gland openings along the lingual surface, may provide efficiency to the Rahmani sheep's tongue when feeding hard forages and high fiber foods.
Keywords
papillae; salivary glands; SEM; sheep; tongue
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Life Sciences
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