General aspect of the soft palate in rats.
- Paola L. Carvajal Monroy (390495)
- Sander Grefte (390496)
- Anne M. Kuijpers-Jagtman (390497)
- Maria P. A. C. Helmich (390498)
- Dietmar J. O. Ulrich (390499)
- Johannes W. Von den Hoff (390500)
- Frank A. D. T. G. Wagener (207559)
Publication date
March 2013
DOIAbstract
<p>Left: Schematic representation of the soft palate (intraoral view). Right: The soft palate in the rat extends from the posterior edge of the hard palate (9<sup>th</sup> ruga) towards the nasopharyngeal sphincter. In adult rats, the length of the soft palate is about 11 mm. Ns: nasopharygeal sphincter, R: 9th ruga, M: molar. The red circle indicates the location of the excisional wound (1 mm ø). The dotted lines indicate the location of the histological sections shown in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0059193#pone-0059193-g004" target="_blank">Figure 4</a>. S: midsagittal section. B1, B2, and B 3 coronal sections.</p
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