THE LINING EPITHELIUM OF THE INTRAPULMONARY AIRWAYS IN THE ONE-HUMPED CAMEL (Camelus dromedarius) LIGHT AND SCANNING ELECTRONE MICROSCOPIC STUDIES

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Department of Biology - College of Science and Arts, Al-Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.

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The mucosa of the intrapulmonary airways of the one-humped camel was mainly formed of the usual ciliated columnar cells, basal cells, goblet cells, brush cells and the non-ciliated cells of Clara. Basal cells and goblet cells, were found only in large airways and were scarce or absent in the bronchiolar epithelium. Brush cells were rarely found in-between the bronchiolar epithelium. The non-ciliated Clara cells were the prominent cell-type in the lining epithelium as far distally as terminal and respiratory bronchioles

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