Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)

The microarchitecture of the pangolin's stomach favouring the high chitinous diet has been less waived into, despite extensive morphological investigations. Histological analysis of the microanatomy will provide powerful tools for interpretation to yield reliable insights. We investigated this...

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Autores principales:	Ofusori,D. A, Caxton-Martins,E. A, Keji,S. T, Oluwayinka,P. O, Abayomi,T. A, Ajayi,S. A
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2008
Materias:	Stomach Microarchitecture Histological analysis Diet Coats
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220080003000312009-03-13Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)Ofusori,D. ACaxton-Martins,E. AKeji,S. TOluwayinka,P. OAbayomi,T. AAjayi,S. A Stomach Microarchitecture Histological analysis Diet Coats The microarchitecture of the pangolin's stomach favouring the high chitinous diet has been less waived into, despite extensive morphological investigations. Histological analysis of the microanatomy will provide powerful tools for interpretation to yield reliable insights. We investigated this by fixing the tissues in 10% formol saline for histological analysis. Serial sections at 5 µm thickness were subjected to general staining methods for lightmicroscopic study (Haematoxylin and eosin, Van Gieson's and Verhoeff's). The results revealed basic structural arrangements in their coats, with a modification of the epithelial lining of cardia and fundus into stratified squamous keratinized epithelium. These modifications were also reflected in the distribution of collagen and elastic fibers in the various layers (coats) of the stomach. The present study has shown that there was an adaptation of the stomach of African tree pangolin to its diet as reflected in the microarchitectural configuration.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.26 n.3 20082008-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022008000300031en10.4067/S0717-95022008000300031
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topic	Stomach Microarchitecture Histological analysis Diet Coats
spellingShingle	Stomach Microarchitecture Histological analysis Diet Coats Ofusori,D. A Caxton-Martins,E. A Keji,S. T Oluwayinka,P. O Abayomi,T. A Ajayi,S. A Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)
description	The microarchitecture of the pangolin's stomach favouring the high chitinous diet has been less waived into, despite extensive morphological investigations. Histological analysis of the microanatomy will provide powerful tools for interpretation to yield reliable insights. We investigated this by fixing the tissues in 10% formol saline for histological analysis. Serial sections at 5 µm thickness were subjected to general staining methods for lightmicroscopic study (Haematoxylin and eosin, Van Gieson's and Verhoeff's). The results revealed basic structural arrangements in their coats, with a modification of the epithelial lining of cardia and fundus into stratified squamous keratinized epithelium. These modifications were also reflected in the distribution of collagen and elastic fibers in the various layers (coats) of the stomach. The present study has shown that there was an adaptation of the stomach of African tree pangolin to its diet as reflected in the microarchitectural configuration.
author	Ofusori,D. A Caxton-Martins,E. A Keji,S. T Oluwayinka,P. O Abayomi,T. A Ajayi,S. A
author_facet	Ofusori,D. A Caxton-Martins,E. A Keji,S. T Oluwayinka,P. O Abayomi,T. A Ajayi,S. A
author_sort	Ofusori,D. A
title	Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)
title_short	Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)
title_full	Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)
title_fullStr	Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)
title_full_unstemmed	Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)
title_sort	microarchitectural adaptations in the stomach of african tree pangolin (manis tricuspis)
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2008
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022008000300031
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Microarchitectural Adaptations in the Stomach of African Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)

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