Alimentary System

Oral Mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic Tissue

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    Oral mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic tissue, Sebaceous gland in male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are clusters of sebaceous glands in the gingiva.
    Oral mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic tissue, Sebaceous gland in male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are clusters of sebaceous glands in the gingiva.
    Oral mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic tissue, Sebaceous gland in male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). The clusters of sebaceous glands in the gingiva are adjacent to a dilated duct.
    Oral mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic tissue, Sebaceous gland in male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). The clusters of sebaceous glands in the gingiva are adjacent to a dilated duct.
    Oral mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic tissue, Sebaceous gland in male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are clusters of sebaceous glands in the gingiva.
    Oral mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic tissue, Sebaceous gland in male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are clusters of sebaceous glands in the gingiva.
    Oral mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic tissue, Sebaceous gland in male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). The clusters of sebaceous glands in the gingiva appear to feed into a dilated duct.
    Oral mucosa, Gingiva - Ectopic tissue, Sebaceous gland in male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). The clusters of sebaceous glands in the gingiva appear to feed into a dilated duct.

    Authors:

    Linda H. Kooistra, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Pathologist
    Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Abraham Nyska, DVM, Diplomate ECVP, Fellow IATP
    Expert in Toxicologic Pathology
    Visiting Full Professor of Pathology
    Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Timrat Israel

    Reviewers:

    Joel R. Leininger, DVM, PhD
    Senior Pathologist
    MedImmune
    Washington, DC

    Amy Brix, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC