Comparative Investigation of Tongue and Esophagus Morphometry in Swiss Albino and Balb-c Mice
Osman Yılmaz,
Yeşim Ayırtır Başdinç,
Hüseyin Karadağ
Abstract:This study was carried out to obtain morphometric measurement values of tongue and esophagus in Swiss Albino and Balb-c mice, to examine the biometric differences of these measurements between sexes and groups. Thirty-two mice, 16 Swiss Albino (8 males, 8 females) and 16 Balb-c (8 males, 8 females), were used for this study. Mice anesthetized with the ketamine-xylazine combination were fixed by the technique. The tongue and esophagus of the mice were carefully dissected and removed. Then, morphometric measurem… Show more
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