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. 2015 Dec 15;10(12):e0145018. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145018

Fig 2. The morphology and attachment points of soft palate muscles in newborn mice appear fully developed.

Fig 2

(A-D) Histological sections of soft palates from newborn mice stained with hematoxylin & eosin at the level of the TVP and PLG (A), TVP and LVP (B), LVP and MPC (C), and SPC and PLP (D). (E, F) MHC immunostaining (green) of sagittal (E) and transverse (F) sections of soft palates from newborn mice. *: tendon of the TVP, Apo: palatine aponeurosis, Epi: epiglottis, GH: cartilage primordium of the greater horn of the hyoid bone, HB: cartilage primordium of the hyoid bone, IPC: inferior pharyngeal constrictor, LC: longus capitis, LVP: levator veli palatini, MP: medial pterygoid muscle, MPC: middle pharyngeal constrictor, NP: nasopharynx, PLG: palatoglossus PLP: palatopharyngeus, PP: pterygoid plate, PTT: pharyngotympanic tube, SPC: superior pharyngeal constrictor, T: tongue, TC: thyroid cartilage, TG: trigeminal ganglion, TVP: tensor veli palatini. The schematic drawings indicate the orientation and the position of each section. Scale bars: 200μm.