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Fig. 3 | Applied Microscopy

Fig. 3

From: Anatomy, ultrastructure and histology of the olfactory organ of the largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides, Centrarchidae

Fig. 3

The histological and cytological characteristics of the olfactory epithelium of Micropterus salmoides, stained with hematoxylin and eosin. a the lamellae with the sensory epithelia on its both sides; b the sensory epithelium with olfactory receptor neurons, supporting cells, basal cells, lymphatic cells and mucous cells; c the non-sensory epithelium with stratified epithelial cells, lymphatic cells and mucous cells. Arrowhead, mucous cell; asterisk, mucous cell; BC, basal cell; FO, fila olfactoria; LC, lymphatic cell; NSE, non-sensory epithelium; ORN, olfactory receptor neuron; SC, supporting cell; SE, sensory epithelium. The bars indicate 200 μm in A and 20 μm in B and C, respectively

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