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Macroscopic and microscopic esophageal structure of 23 one 
humped adult camels were studied. The results were compared 
to other information about human and other species. The 
length of the esophagus of camel was 165-215 cm. The 
cervical part of esophagus was the largest part and the 
abdominal part was the shortest part. In the cranial part, the 
esophagus of camel lied dorsomedian to the cricoid cartilage 
of the larynx and trachea, but about third cervical vertebra, it 
deviates to the left of the trachea and maintains this relation 
until it reaches to the sixth cervical vertebra where it again 
slopes to the dorsomedian of the trachea. The esophagus of 
camel continues caudally in thoracic cavity and passes through 
the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm and after a short 
abdominal part, it joins to the cardia of the stomach. 
Histologically, the epithilium was keratinized stratified 
squamous. The lamina propria was loose connective issue and 
was contained blood vessels and scattered lymphoid cells. The 
muscularis mucosa consisted of small and scattered muscle 
bundles that incearsed near the gastroesophageal junction. 
The tunica submucosa, had predominant mucous glands. The 
glands were seen along the entire length of the esophagus of 
camel and it gradually decreased form cranial to the caudal 
end of the esophagus. Tunica muscularis had entirely striated 
muscle and its layers were arranged irregularly. Between the 
layers, there were small and scattered smooth muscle bundles. 
The amount of the smooth muscle increased abundantly near 
the gastroesophageal junction. The tickness of the tunica 
muscularis was not different along the entire length of the 
esophagus and there were blood vessels and nerve plexuses 
between the connective tissue of the tunica muscularis.
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