Rabbit Tongue
Objective: 10X
Total Magnification: 100X
P: Papillae
TP: Taste Pore
SSE: Stratified Squamous Epithelium
Histo-Tips: The textbook tends to have perfect quality images of specimens at high magnifications, instead try looking at your classmates’ more realistic images when studying for a practical.
Comments
Taste pores are the openings
Taste pores are the openings of rounded structures called taste buds, and they tend to be along the sides of papillae (see plate 50 in your text book). I don't see any very obvious taste buds in your picture... Also, please fix the label showing a papilla. Papillae are found on the outer, lumen side of the epithelium, not the basal side where you've labeled it. You will need to take a new image to show them - again, refer to plates 49 and 50 to see images of papillae.