Abstract. Selan YN, Wihadmadyatami H, Haryanto A, Kusindarta DL. 2023. The tongue morphology of Pteropus vampyrus from Timor Island, Indonesia: New insights scanning electron and light microscopic studies. Biodiversitas 24: 3512-3518. large flying fox (Pteropus Linnaeus, 1758) is a Southeast Asian megabat species includes with frugivorous bats. plays pivotal role in taking, chewing, swallowing ...

Cephalopods can reversibly change their appearance by expressing papillae – folds, bumps, spikes, or even more complex structures – on their skin for camouflage purposes. This project, in collaboration with Dr. Roger Hanlon, Marine Biological Laboratory, sought to examine the biomechanics of papillae formation, develop methods to simulate papillae formation, and develop biomimetic artificial pa...

A pronounced species variation in the organization of filiform papillae has been observed. Preliminary histologic studies of cat tongue revealed marked regional variations in size, shape and organization of filiform papillae. Therefore, a correlated light microscopic, transmission and scanning electron microscopic study of tissue samples of representative areas of the cat tongue was undertaken ...

The external morphology of the papillae linguales (papillae filiformes, papillae fungiformes and papillae vallatae) and their connective tissue cores (CTCs) of the greater Japanese shrew-mole (Urotrichus talpoides) were analysed by optical and scanning electron microscopy. Papillae filiformes were distributed over the dorsal surface of the apex linguae, and on the rostral and caudal regions of ...

A detailed description of cibarium of Armigeres (Armigeres) subalbatus (Coquillett) has been illustrated for the first time with the aid of Scanning Electron Microscope. The description of cibarial armature is based on structure of cibarial bar, width & characteristic of lateral flanges and number of cibarial sense organs or papillae viz. palatal papillae, larger dorsal papillae, and smaller do...

PURPOSE Major chemokine receptors in the giant papillae of atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) have yet to be determined. We evaluated chemokine receptor genes and their ligand expressions in upper tarsal conjunctival giant papillae of AKC with atopic dermatitis and/or asthma. METHODS CC, CXC, and CX3C chemokine receptor (R) gene expression levels in giant papillae of five clinically active AKC...

Although it has been long accepted that innervation by a taste nerve is essential for maintenance of taste buds, it is not clear what role, if any, innervation plays in the morphogenesis of taste papillae and taste bud development. The following study was undertaken to determine what effects lack of sensory innervation have on the development of taste papillae and the formation of taste buds in...