Publication details
Complex sensory corpuscles in the upper jaw of Horsfield´s tortoise (Testudo horsfieldi)
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta veterinaria Brno |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Morphological specializations and cytology |
| Keywords | mechanoreceptors, reptiles, testudines, EM, lamellated encapsulated receptors |
| Description | Complex sensory corpuscles in the upper jaw skin of Testudo horsfieldi were studied with light and electron microscopy. These skin sensory corpuscles with ramified inner core were grouped in clusters. The complex sensory corpuscles are probably mechanoreceptors |