Subcutaneous Implants of Buprenorphine-Cholesterol-Triglyceride Powder in Mice

Table 2

Tissues evaluated by microscopy.

Adrenal gland	Large intestine, colon	Small intestine, jejunum
Bone with bone marrow, femur	Liver	Small intestine, ileum
	Lung	Spinal cord with spine
Brain (cerebrum, midbrain, cerebellum, and medulla/pons)	Lymph nodes^a	Spleen
Epididymis (males)	Mammary glands (females)	Stomach
Eyes (with optic Nerves)	Ovaries (females)	Ventral skin
Gall bladder	Pancreas	Dorsal skin surrounding implant(s)
Heart	Parathyroid gland	Testis (males)
Kidneys	Skeletal muscle, biceps femoris	Thyroid (with parathyroid)^b
Large Intestine, cecum	Small intestine, duodenum	Urinary bladder

Lymph nodes included submandibular superficial cervical collected with salivary glands from the neck; mesenteric and pancreaticoduodenal collected with mesentery and pancreas.
Parathyroid glands were evaluated when present in the plane of section of the thyroid gland.