THE LINING EPITHELIUM OF THE INTRAPULMONARY AIRWAYS IN THE ONE-HUMPED CAMEL (Camelus dromedarius) LIGHT AND SCANNING ELECTRONE MICROSCOPIC STUDIES | ||
| Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
| Article 10, Volume 10, Issue 2, October 2012, Pages 141-161 PDF (1.36 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/kvmj.2012.112072 | ||
| Author | ||
| Fatimah A. Alhomaid* | ||
| Department of Biology - College of Science and Arts, Al-Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The mucosa of the intrapulmonary airways of the one-humped camel was mainly formed of the usual ciliated columnar cells, basal cells, goblet cells, brush cells and the non-ciliated cells of Clara. Basal cells and goblet cells, were found only in large airways and were scarce or absent in the bronchiolar epithelium. Brush cells were rarely found in-between the bronchiolar epithelium. The non-ciliated Clara cells were the prominent cell-type in the lining epithelium as far distally as terminal and respiratory bronchioles | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Dromedary camel; Lung; Bronchiole; Clara cell; Brush cell; Intrapumonary airways | ||
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