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The anatomy and histology of the alimentary canal of a herbivorous fishTilapia mossambica (Peters)

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Abbreviations

a.t. :

areolar tissue

b.m. :

basement membrane

c.c. :

columnar cell

c.m. :

circular muscle layer

c.st. :

corpus of stomach

d. :

duodenum

d.m. :

dorsal mucosa

g.c. :

goblet cell

g.cr. :

gastric crypt

g.g. :

gastric gland

g.g.c. :

gastric gland cell

il.m. :

inner longitudinal muscle layer

int. :

intestine

l. :

leucocytes

l.m. :

longitudinal muscle layer

l.p. :

lamina propria

m.c. :

mucous cell

m.f. :

mucosal fold

oe. :

oesophagus

o.v. :

oral valve

p.p. :

papillary projection

rec. :

rectum

p.st. :

pyloric stomach

s. :

serosa

s.m. :

submucosa

st. :

stomach

st.c. :

stratum compactum

st.e. :

stratified epithelium

t.b. :

taste-bud

t.p. :

top plate

u.c. :

undifferentiated cell

v.m. :

ventral mucosa

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  1. Department of Zoology, Presidency College, Madras

    S. M. Kamal Pasha

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Communicated by Dr. S. Krishnaswamy,f.a.sc.

Formed part of the thesis approved by the University of Madras for the M.Sc. degree.

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Pasha, S.M.K. The anatomy and histology of the alimentary canal of a herbivorous fishTilapia mossambica (Peters). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 59, 340–349 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051972

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