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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

11. Oral Cavity

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11.6 Circumvallate papilla

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Section of a cat’s tongue. The framed area is magnified in Figure 11.7.

This field shows a circumvallate papilla, one of a few large papillae forming a V-line on the posterior surface of the tongue. This button-shaped papilla is surrounded by a deep circular furrow, or crypt (red arrows).

Numerous taste buds (arrowheads) are seen along the wall of the papilla.

The thick stratified squamous epithelium at the apex of the papilla is deeply invaginated by fingerlike connective tissue projections (*).

Several serous glands of Von Ebner (G) open at the bottom of the crypt.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×100

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