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2007
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Kulawik M. , Godynicki S. 2007. THE DEVELOPMENT OF FILIFORM AND FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE ON THE BODY OF THE TONGUE IN THE PRE- AND POSTNATAL LIFE OF THE RABBIT IN VIEW OF MORPHOMETRIC STUDIES, EJPAU 10(1), #11.
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF FILIFORM AND FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE ON THE BODY OF THE TONGUE IN THE PRE- AND POSTNATAL LIFE OF THE RABBIT IN VIEW OF MORPHOMETRIC STUDIES

Mirosława Kulawik1, Szymon Godynicki2
1 Institute of Zoology, Department of Animal Anatomy, Poznań University of Life Sciences
2 Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences

 

ABSTRACT



Studies were conducted on 77 tongues of the domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus f. domestica), which were collected at day 15, 18, 20, 22 and 26 of prenatal life (p.c.) and at day 1, 15 and 30, and in the 6th month of postnatal life (p.p.). Material for examinations came from an abattoir.

Tissues were collected from the dorsal part of the body of the tongue and were prepared for examination under a light microscope. On the basis of microscopic observations heights of filiform and fungiform papillae and their primordia were measured, along with the thickness of the epithelium covering them.

In view of the conducted examinations an increase was shown in the values of analyzed features of the lingual mucosa in successive stages of pre- and postnatal life in the rabbit. It was also found that between day 22 p.c. and day 1 p.p., the developing fungiform papillae are higher than filiform paillae surrounding them. Between day 15 p.p. and the 6th month p.p. the growth rate in the height of fungiform papillae is lower than that for filiform papillae, as a result of which they are lower. The thickness of the epithelium covering fungiform papillae is bigger in the period from day 22 and day 26 p.c., while the trend was opposite between day 1 and the 6th month p.p.

Key words: rabbit, lingual papillae, development, morphometry.


Mirosława Kulawik
Institute of Zoology, Department of Animal Anatomy, Poznań University of Life Sciences
ul. Wojska Polskiego 71 C
60-625, Poznań
tel: 48 61 8487625
email: kulawik@au.poznan.pl

Szymon Godynicki
Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences
ul. Wojska Polskiego 71 C
60-625, Poznań
email: gody@up.poznan.pl

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