Arı Hasan Hüseyin, Uslu Sema
Department of Anatomy, Veterinary Faculty, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
Departments of Histology and Embryology, Veterinary Faculty, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
Anat Histol Embryol. 2019 Jul;48(4):290-295. doi: 10.1111/ahe.12439. Epub 2019 Mar 20.
The aim of the research was to investigate the morphological and histological structure of the Anatolian bobcat (Lynx lynx) hard palate using light and scanning electron microscopy, in addition to gross examination. The Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Work (Sivas Branch) provided three female Anatolian bobcat cadavers. The Anatolian bobcat hard palate consists of a narrow, rough part in the rostral region (including the incisive papilla, palatine ridges, and palatine raphe) and a wide, smooth part in the caudal part region. The gross examination revealed that the incisive papilla is small and shaped like a carboy icon, the primary and secondary palatine ridges have a serrated appearance, and the palatine raphe forms a single longitudinal row of conical papillae and a single transverse row of conical papillae (in the transverse groove that separates the two palatine ridges). In addition, the microscopy examination revealed microplicae in the epithelium, as well as abundant connective-tissue bundles running in various directions in the lamina propria and submucosa layer. These adaptations of the hard palate structures may increase efficiency during ingestion and help direct food backwards. This is the first study to provide detailed morphological and histological descriptions of the Anatolian bobcat hard palate.
该研究的目的是除大体检查外，使用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜研究安纳托利亚山猫（猞猁）硬腭的形态和组织结构。土耳其共和国农林部工作（锡瓦斯分部）提供了三只雌性安纳托利亚山猫尸体。安纳托利亚山猫的硬腭由吻部区域狭窄、粗糙的部分（包括切牙乳头、腭嵴和腭缝）和尾部区域宽阔、光滑的部分组成。大体检查显示，切牙乳头小，呈大肚玻璃瓶状，初级和次级腭嵴呈锯齿状，腭缝形成一排纵向的锥形乳头和一排横向的锥形乳头（在分隔两个腭嵴的横向沟中）。此外，显微镜检查显示上皮中有微褶，固有层和黏膜下层有大量向不同方向延伸的结缔组织束。硬腭结构的这些适应性变化可能会提高摄食效率，并有助于将食物向后引导。这是第一项提供安纳托利亚山猫硬腭详细形态和组织学描述的研究。
