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                                                Olfactory epithelium, alligator (labels) - histology slide
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                                                This is a histology slide from an American alligator.  Semithin (1 µm) sections stained with toluidin blue. This slide depict zone 3.  Bowman glands are numerous. 
 
bg - Bowman gland, bv - blood vessel, ms - muscle.  
 
Image courtesy of: 
Hansen, Anne; "Olfactory and solitary chemosensory cells: two different chemosensory systems in the nasal cavity of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis"; BMC Neuroscience 2007 8:64 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-64. 
 
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