Morphology of oesophagus and crop of the partrigde Rhynchotus rufescens (Tiramidae)
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2006-04-01
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Twenty adult partridges Rhynchotus rufescens were used to study the morphology of oesophagus and crop. Materials to the morphologic study were collected and lengths of the oesophagus and of the crop were measured. For histological study, fragments of the oesophagus and of the crop were stained routinely with Masson's trichrome stain. Total oesophagus was larger in females. In the entrance of the thorax, its ventral wall is enlarged broadly, forming the crop, which is larger in males. Oesophagus mucosa is constituted by stratified squamous epithelium, with mucous glands and lymphatic tissues. There are three layers of smooth muscle, involved in serosa. The histological structure of the crop is similar to the oesophagus. The mucous glands are reduced in size and the lymphatic tissues are dispersed in the connective tissue. There is a thin stratum of smooth muscle and other two wider layers of longitudinal and circular musculature.
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Crop, Morphology, Oesophagus, Partridge, animal anatomy, animal tissue, avian crop, bird, connective tissue, controlled study, esophagus, esophagus mucosa, esophagus muscle, female, lymphoid tissue, male, mucus gland, nonhuman, squamous epithelium, thorax, Rhynchotus rufescens
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Acta Scientiarum - Biological Sciences, v. 28, n. 2, p. 165-168, 2006.