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Histological and scanning electron microscopic organization and functional aspects of the surface olfactory epithelium of the freshwater minor carp, Puntius sophore (Hamilton)

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The architecture and fuction of different cells lining the olfactory epithelium of Puntius sophore (Hamilton) have been systematically studied by light and scanning electron microscope. The olfactory organ is ovoid in shape and is complicated by the presence of 16–18 lamellae on both side of the median raphe. The large area of the middle part of the olfactory lamella is covered with sensory epithelium, whereas the distal part mainly occupies by non-sensory epithelium. The sensory epithelium is composed two types of receptor cells (flagellated and microvillous) and stratified epithelial cells. The non-sensory epithelium is made up of stratified epithelial cells and mucous cells. Different cells on the olfactory epithelium have been correlated with the functional significance of the fish concerned.

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    Saroj Kumar Ghosh & Padmanabha Chakrabarti

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Ghosh, S.K., Chakrabarti, P. Histological and scanning electron microscopic organization and functional aspects of the surface olfactory epithelium of the freshwater minor carp, Puntius sophore (Hamilton). Proc Zool Soc 63, 115–119 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-010-0016-2

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