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From: Anatomical, histochemical, and immunohistochemical observations on the gastrointestinal tract of Gallinula chloropus (Aves: Rallidae)

Fig. 3

Histology and mucosubstances histochemistry of the wall of the proventriculus in the common moorhen. A-F) Sections through the proventricular wall stained with Verhoeff‐Van Gieson (A), H&E (B-F), alcian blue-PAS (G), PAS (H), and alcian blue (I). The area marked by an inset in Fig. 3E is magnified at the top right corner of the same figure. Abbreviations: bv, blood vessel; dpg, deep proventricular glands, the opening of one gland is denoted by an asterisk in Fig. 3E; d1, primary duct of dpg; d2, secondary duct of dpg; eg, esophageal glands; epj, esophago-proventricular junction; icm, inner circular layer of tunica muscularis, l, intraepithelial lymphocytes; lp, lamina propria; lu, lumen of dpg; la, lymphocytic aggregations; mf, mucosal folds, mm, lamina muscularis mucosae; olm, outer longitudinal layer of tunica muscularis; sc, secretory cells of dpg; s, septa; spg, superficial proventricular glands; se, surface epithelium

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