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Fig. 2

From: Morphology and histology of the olfactory organ of two African lungfishes, Protopterus amphibius and P. dolloi (Lepidosirenidae, Dipnoi)

Fig. 2

Histological characteristics of the cross-sectioned main olfactory organ in two lungfishes, Protopterus amphibius and P. dolloi, stained with hematoxylin and eosin (c, d, e, h), alcian blue (pH 2.5)- periodic acid Schiff (f, g, i, j), and Masson’s trichrome (a, b). a, the main and accessory olfactory organs of P. amphibius; b, the main and accessory olfactory organs of P. dolloi; c, the sensory epithelium of the main olfactory organ of P. amphibius; d, the sensory epithelium of the main olfactory organ of P. dolloi; e, f, the lateral non-sensory wall of the olfactory chamber of P. amphibius; g, the non-sensory epithelium of lamella of P. amphibius; h, i, the lateral non-sensory wall of the olfactory chamber of P. dolloi; j, the non-sensory epithelium of lamella of P. dolloi. BC, basal cell; Ci, motile cilia; D, dendrite; LC, lymphatic cell; MC, mucous cell; ORN, olfactory receptor neuron; SC, supporting cell; SEC, stratified epithelial cell. The bars indicate 500 μm in (a and b), 50 μm in (c-j)

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