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Superficial structure of the bronchus mucosa comparative morphological studies

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Bronchial mucosa and bronchial basement membranes of healthy slaughter animals (pigs, cows, sheep) were examined with the scanning electron microscope. In all animal species the basement membrane shows niches occupied by the basal cells. Basal cells are better affixed than cuboidal epithelium and goblet cells.

The surface area relief of pig and ruminant has species-specific characteristics. Tiny islands of metaplastic mucosa of squamous epithelium were found in pigs but not in the other animal species.

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  1. Pathologisches Institut der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Krankenhausstrasse 8–10, D-8520, Erlangen

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Herrn Medizinaldirektor Dr. Hans Schmidt zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet.

Mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB 118.

Auszugsweise vorgetragen auf der 25. Tagung der Europäischen Gesellschaft für Veterinärpathologie Freiburg 1976

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Brunner, P., Petsch, M. Superficial structure of the bronchus mucosa comparative morphological studies. Lung 154, 103–111 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02713524

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