A sagittal radiovisiogram of the rostral area of the head (A), and light microscopy of a parasagittal snout slice stained for cytochrome oxidase activity (B) in adult rats. Black lines in (B) show the borders of the DRQ. 1, rhinarium; 2, nostril; 3, upper lip; 4, upper incisives; 5, short pieces of stainless steel tubes threaded by the A4 and B4 vibrissae at their proximal ends; 6, nasal bones; 7, lower incisives; 8, atriturbinate; 9, rostral pole of the premaxilla. R, rostral; V, ventral. Scale bars = 1 mm.