Anatomical and histological characteristic of the tongue and tongue mucosa linguae in the cattle-yak (Bos taurus × Bos grunniens)

Yanping Ding, Shiyuan Yu, Baoping Shao

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Front. Biol. ›› 2016, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (2) : 141-148. DOI: 10.1007/s11515-016-1393-3
RESEARCH ARTICLE
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Anatomical and histological characteristic of the tongue and tongue mucosa linguae in the cattle-yak (Bos taurus × Bos grunniens)

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This study presents the first definitive anatomical description of the tongue and lingual papillae of the cattle-yak. Data on tongues from 12 healthy cattle-yaks were collected. The results show that five types of papillae were identifiable on the tongue surface of the cattle-yak. Among these, three types were mechanical papillae (filiform, conical, and lenticular), and two types were gustatory papillae (vallate and fungiform). Some morphological features of the cattle-yak tongue were similar to those of domestic ruminants, but the lingual prominence was higher and more developed. For example, more mechanical papillae were present and they were covered by a thicker, keratinized epithelium, the conical papillae possibly perform an immune function, the fungiform papillae have more mucus-secreting pores, and the sublingual glands were more developed. This research will provide a further and detailed source of morphological information about the cattle-yak that is currently lacking in species-specific studies on the morphology of the Bovidae family.

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cattle-yak / lingual papillae / morphology / anatomy, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau / tongue

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Yanping Ding, Shiyuan Yu, Baoping Shao. Anatomical and histological characteristic of the tongue and tongue mucosa linguae in the cattle-yak (Bos taurus × Bos grunniens). Front. Biol., 2016, 11(2): 141‒148 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11515-016-1393-3

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Research Foundation of the National Natural Science Foundation of China for financial support (Grant numbers: 31060141 and 31000190). The paper was also supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Lanzhou University.
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Yanping Ding, Shiyuan Yu and Baoping Shao declare that they have no conflict of interest. All institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed.

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