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Nose, Olfactory Epithelium - Atrophy - Gallery

Image of atrophy in the nose, olfactory epithelium from a female B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study
Nose, Olfactory epithelium - Atrophy in a female B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. The olfactory epithelium on the tip of the turbinate is thin due to loss of cells.
Image of atrophy in the nose, olfactory epithelium from a male B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study
Nose, Olfactory epithelium - Atrophy in a male B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. Focal loss of cells results in thinning of the olfactory epithelium in the dorsal meatus at level II.
Image of atrophy in the nose, olfactory epithelium from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study
Nose, Olfactory epithelium - Atrophy in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The olfactory epithelium is thin in multiple areas (arrows).
Image of atrophy in the nose, olfactory epithelium from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study
Nose, Olfactory epithelium - Atrophy in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). The olfactory epithelium is thin (arrows) due to loss of cells.