title: Morphological aspects of the esophagus and stomach of a freshwater iliophagous fish under scanning electron microscopy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Hernández-Blázquez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferri
mesh_terms: 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*