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Olfactory epithelium, alligator (labels) - histology slide
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This is a histology slide from an American alligator. Semithin (1 µm) sections stained with toluidin blue. This slide depict zone 3. Bowman glands are numerous.
bg - Bowman gland, bv - blood vessel, ms - muscle.
Image courtesy of:
Hansen, Anne; "Olfactory and solitary chemosensory cells: two different chemosensory systems in the nasal cavity of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis"; BMC Neuroscience 2007 8:64 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-64.
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