Rodrigo J, Robles Chillida E M, Espinosa F, De Felipe J, Hernández C J, Arnedo A, Mayo I
Acta Anat (Basel). 1980;108(4):510-20. doi: 10.1159/000145350.
Spindle-shaped, barrel-like, or bush-like corpuscular neural structures situated in the mucous epithelium of the upper third of the oesophagus are described. These structures are not homogeneously distributed in this area. Some are very close to the pharyngooesophageal sphincter, spanning the thickness of the epithelium and communicating with the basal membrane by means of a thin pedicle and with the lumen by a small hilus or pore, their morphology being that of a taste bud. The others are situated deeper in the mucous epithelium of the upper third, communicating with the basal membrane only by means of either a thin pedicle or a thicker one, and separated from the lumen by a thick layer of epithelial cells. The bush-like apparatuses lie closely adjacent to the basal membrane of the epithelium.
描述了位于食管上三分之一黏膜上皮中的纺锤形、桶状或灌木状小体神经结构。这些结构在该区域分布不均。一些结构非常靠近咽食管括约肌，跨越上皮厚度，通过细蒂与基底膜相连，并通过小的凹陷或孔与管腔相通，其形态类似味蕾。其他结构位于上三分之一黏膜上皮的更深层，仅通过细蒂或较粗的蒂与基底膜相连，并被一层厚厚的上皮细胞与管腔隔开。灌木状结构紧邻上皮的基底膜。
