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Preparation of the specimen for histological sectioning. (a) As with many domestic dogs, the King Charles spaniel has an elongated snout, with complex turbinals that overlap one another. (b) Because the specimen is far too large to embed whole, or to fit on the microtome, it was divided into four parts. Shown here, the specimen has had two blocks removed so far as it soaked in formic acid solution for 60 days. (c–f) rostrocaudal series of blocks (denoted by the specimen number plus “a, b, c,” or “d”). Note that the partially decalcified snout in (b) is the combined (c) and (d) blocks, prior to their separation. The histological sections studied here were a series obtained from the “d” block, which included the olfactory recess and space immediately rostral to it. (c), canine tooth, ET1, first ethmoturbinal; MT maxilloturbinal; NS, nasal septum; NT, nasoturbinal; OR, olfactory recess; TL, transverse lamina. Scales bars = 10 mm

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Timothy D. Smith, Brent A. Craven, Serena M. Engel, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Valerie B. DeLeon

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Smith, T., Craven, B., Engel, S., Van Valkenburgh, B., & DeLeon, V. (2021). “Mucosal maps” of the canine nasal cavity: Micro‐computed tomography and histology. The Anatomical Record, 304(1), 127-138. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24511.