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Fig. 4

From: Comparative anatomical study of the hyoid apparatus of Bosk’s fringe-toed lizard and spotted fan-toed gecko (Squamata: Lacertidae and Phyllodactylidae)

Fig. 4

Photomicrograph of a transverse section and b longitudinal section through the posterior portion of the tongue of P. guttatus showing the second ceratobranchialis (CBII), trachea (Tr), and synochrosis articulation between basihyoid and ceratobranchialis (CBI) through basi-ceratobranchialis ligament (arrowhead) and ventral epithelium (double arrows). c Photomicrograph of transverse section through the most posterior portion of the tongue of A. boskianus showing the attachment sites of the muscle mandibulohyoideus 1(M.mh1), muscle mandibulohyoideus 2 (M.mh2), muscle mandibulohyoideus 3(M.mh3), and muscle sternohyoideus profundous (M.Sth.p) on ceratohyalis (CH), ceratobranchialis I (CBI), and ceratobranchialis II (CBII). a, c Stain by H&E. b Stain by Masson’s trichromic stain. Scale bar 500 μm

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