Gross and Histological Studies on the Soft Palate Tonsil in Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).
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Damini V
Ph.D Scholar, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
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Prasanth Babu A
College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Proddatur, Andhra Pradesh
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Santhi Lakshmi M
College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
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Bharathi S
College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
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Sharon Nancy Nikhila K.P
MVSc Scholar, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
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Raja K
College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
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Supriya Botlagunta
College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Proddatur, Andhra Pradesh
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Kalyan Chakravarthy M
Senior Scientist, AICRP on Pigs ,SVVU,Tirupati
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Soft palate tonsil, crypt, lymphoepithelium.Abstract
The present study describes the gross and microanatomical features of the soft palate tonsil in domestic pigs. Grossly, the tonsils appeared as elongated oval plaques with numerous fossules on the mucosal surface of the soft palate. Histologically, the tonsil was lined by non-keratinzed stratified squamous epithelium with numerous crypts extended deeply into the lymphoid tissue of the tonsil. Each crypt consisted of a neck formed by epithelial invagination and a body by lymphoepithelium.
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