Morphology of lungs of the porcupine (Hystrix cristata)

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Ozdemir D., Ozudogru Z., Yılmaz S., Atalar Ö., Karan M., Dinç G.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL RESEARCH, cilt.29, ss.157-159, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09712119.2006.9706594
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.157-159
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was carried out to investigate the structure of lungs of the porcupines. It was found that pulmo
dexter and sinister consisted of five and three lobes, respectively and lobus caudalis was the largest part
of both the pulmones. The upper air-conducting airways of the lung were lined by an epithelium characterized
by ciliated cells among which were dispersed goblet cells. The alveolar surface was lined by squamous type
I pneumocytes and cuboidal type II granular pneumocytes.