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| Martins,D.M.; Pinheiro,L.L.; Ferreira,V.C.; Costa,A.M.; Lima,A.R.; Ricci,R.E.G.; Miglino,M.A.; Branco,E.. |
| The Bradypusvariegatus inhabits the forests of South America and feeds from leaves, branches and sprouts from different plants. Due to its diet and the lack of literature on the morphological aspect of Xenarthras, five Bradypusvariegatus tongues from animals which died from natural causes were evaluated, and they came from Pará State Museum Emílio Goeldi and were donated to the Laboratory of Animal Morphological Research (LaPMA) from UFRA, for revealing the different types of papillae and epithelial-connective tissue. Macroscopically, the tongues presented elongated shape, rounded apex, body, root, median sulcus in the root's apex, and two vallate papillae. The mucous membrane of the tongue revealed a keratinized stratified pavement epithelium, while the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Morphology; Lingual papillae; Bradypus variegatus. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352014000501479 |
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