Scanning Microscopy Volume 7 Number 4 Article 21 10-21-1993 Scanning Electron Microscopic Studies of the Palatine Mucosa and Its Microvascular Architecture in the Rat S. Sugioka Osaka Dental University H. Ike Osaka Dental University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/microscopy Part of the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Sugioka, S. and Ike, H. (1993) "Scanning Electron Microscopic Studies of the Palatine Mucosa and Its Microvascular Architecture in the Rat," Scanning Microscopy: Vol. 7 : No. 4 , Article 21. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/microscopy/vol7/iss4/21 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Dairy Center at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scanning Microscopy by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Scanning Microscopy, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1993 (Pages 1321-1332) 089 l-7035/93$5.00+ .00 Scanning Microscopy International, Chicago (AMF O'Hare), IL 60666 USA SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDIES OF THE PALATINE MUCOSA AND ITS MICROV ASCULAR ARCHITECTURE IN THE RAT S. Sugioka and H. Ike• Department of Anatomy, Osaka Dental University, 1-5-31 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540, Japan (Received for publication July 25, 1993, and in revised form October 21, 1993) Abstract Introduction Detailed observations were made on the structure The palatine mucosa, designated the masticatory and microvasculature of the palatine mucosa of the rat mucosa, may have special morphological and functional by means of microvascular corrosion casts and epitheli elements that contribute to the mastication and swallow um-digested specimens using scanning electron micros ing of food.