Morphological aspects of the esophagus and stomach of a freshwater iliophagous fish under scanning electron microscopy.
The esophagus and the stomach of the teleost fishes are sometimes non-differentiable during macroscopic analysis. The scanning electron microscope allowed to characterize those 2 organs in Prochilodus scrofa, also revealing the presence of a short transition segment. The characteristics of the mucosal and surface cells relief were also studied.
Hernández-Blázquez
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FJ
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Ferreira
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de Carvalho
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Ferri
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D000818:Animals; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004947:Esophagus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D013270:Stomach / Q000648:ultrastructure*