Figure 6.

(a) Stereomicrograph of a sagittal section of the tongue: dorsal surface of the tongue root (insert). (b) Light micrographs of the dorsal surface of the tongue root showing the lingual mucosa with several goblet cells (asterisks) and taste buds (arrowheads). Muscular tissue (MT), adipocites (A); Masson trichrome with aniline blue staining. (c) high magnification of taste buds in (b). (d) Scanning electron microscope micrograph of the tongue body. (a) Magnification 4×, scale bar 1 mm. (b) Magnification 10×, scale bar 200 µm. (c) Magnification 63× oil, scale bar 10 µm. (d) Scale bar: 1 mm.