Pastor J F, Moro J A, Verona J A, Gato A, Represa J J, Barbosa E
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Valladolid, Spain.
Arch Oral Biol. 1993 Jul;38(7):597-9. doi: 10.1016/0003-9969(93)90125-6.
There are many accounts of the tongues of mammals observed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), but apparently only one article about the tongue of the Chiroptera. In the present study the tongue surface (after removing extracellular material) of the European common bat (Pipistrellus pipstrellus) was examined. The tongue is covered with papillae and has an elevation between its medial and posterior half. There are three types of papillae: filiform, fungiform and circumvallate, and the filiform can be classified as strictly filiform, conical and crown-like. The shapes and disposition of these papillae are related to function, which is principally to retain captured food during flight. At higher magnification the surface of the filiform papillae has many pores and microridges, which may serve for the production and distribution of mucus over the papillary surface.
有许多关于用扫描电子显微镜（SEM）观察哺乳动物舌头的报道，但显然只有一篇关于翼手目动物舌头的文章。在本研究中，对欧洲普通蝙蝠（ Pipistrellus pipstrellus）的舌表面（去除细胞外物质后）进行了检查。舌头覆盖着乳头，在舌头的中后半部之间有一个隆起。有三种类型的乳头：丝状乳头、菌状乳头和轮廓乳头，丝状乳头可分为严格的丝状乳头、锥形乳头和冠状乳头。这些乳头的形状和分布与功能有关，其主要功能是在飞行过程中保留捕获的食物。在更高的放大倍数下，丝状乳头的表面有许多小孔和微脊，这可能有助于在乳头表面产生和分布黏液。
