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The Head and Neck Vascular Anatomical Variability in the Laboratory Rat and its Significance to Medical Science. FOLIA VETERINARIA 2022. [DOI: 10.2478/fv-2022-0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Laboratory rats are often used in experimental research of concern to human and veterinary medicine. There are several advantages of using rats as a scientific medium. In this study rats will be used as the scientific model as, previously discussed, they have proven their effectiveness in cardiovascular studies. The aim is to give a description of the cranial region, the head and neck of the rat as well as imaging of the vasculature of these regions to support the planning of surgical therapeutic methods to be applied to human and veterinary medical research. The research of the blood vessels morphology in anatomical studies is key to the prevention of ischemia during organ surgery. In recent times the laboratory rat has become one of the most popular models for experiments in medical research. Corrosion casts were prepared on the cranial arteries of the body of 20 adult Wistar rats using Duracryl Dental® and PUR SP as the casting medium. We found the absence of the brachiocephalic trunk in some cases. Thyroid arteries originated independently or by the short common trunk from the right and left common carotid artery. The facial artery originated by the short trunk with the maxillary artery, or by the linguofacial trunk with the lingual artery from the common carotid artery. The results of this study revealed that, the functional anatomical relationship between the rat neck and head structures are important for the development of medical research of concern to human and veterinary experimental medicine.
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Oliveira REMD, Costa HDS, Araújo Júnior HND, Lopes IRG, Lopes PMA, Gurgel JVDO, de Oliveira MF. Collateral arteries of the aortic arch of the red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus, 1758). Anat Histol Embryol 2020; 49:417-424. [PMID: 32112454 DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Detailed knowledge of the arterial system is an important prerequisite when interpreting experimental data in research, as well as in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease using imaging techniques such as Doppler echocardiography and contrast radiography. Thus, considering the importance of the aortic arrangement, the objective of this study was to describe the collateral arteries of the aortic arch of agoutis in order to establish the standard model, and therefore contribute to studies involving research related to heart disease, and produce information for a more accurate diagnosis in complementary imaging examinations. In this study, 14 adult animals were used, comprising eight males and six females. The vascular system was washed with 0.9% aqueous saline solution and perfused with Neoprene 450 latex coloured with yellow or red pigment, which was subsequently dissected and analysed. One male animal was used for the digital contrast radiography technique perfused with a liquid barium sulphate solution (Bariogel® ) (1 g/ml) and Neoprene 450 latex, both diluted 1/3. The aortic arch of the agouti presented with only the brachiocephalic trunk as collateral branch in all the animals studied. Thus, agouti falls into type 1 for mammalian aortic arch vascular arrangements.
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- Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira
- Department of Animal Sciences, Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory - LABMORFA, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil.,Department of Morphology - DMOR, Bioscience Center - CB, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, Natal, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory - LABMORFA, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory - LABMORFA, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory - LABMORFA, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory - LABMORFA, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory - LABMORFA, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory - LABMORFA, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil
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de Oliveira REM, Santoro GA, Freire ACDB, Attademo FLN, Lima SA, Bomfim ADC, Fragoso ABL, Silva FJDL, Gavilan SA, de Oliveira MF. Angioarchitecture of collateral arteries of the aortic arch of Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758). Anat Histol Embryol 2019; 49:25-30. [PMID: 31441103 DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aortic arrangement is an important structure associated with the maintenance of homeostasis. Based on this information, this study was conducted to describe the collateral arteries of the aortic arch of Antillean manatee and define the standard model for the species. Three specimens, an adult male, adult female and a male neonate, all strandings on the coast of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, were used. The study was performed in the Laboratory of Morphophysiology of Vertebrates of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, where in situ photographs were taken to demonstrate their topography. Subsequently, their hearts were removed and fixed in 10% formaldehyde and after 72 hr were dissected and analysed, obtaining schematic drawings and photographs of the vascular arrangement. The aortic arch was represented by three collateral arteries identified as the brachiocephalic trunk, left common carotid artery and left subclavian artery. This arrangement was similar to that found for other sirenians, and yet, for other mammals like hooded seal, murine, margarita island capuchin, black-handed tamarin, Mongolian gerbil and human. The morphological similarity presented in this study with different species of mammals, including humans, may contribute valuable information from an evolutionary point of view.
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- Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira
- Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory, Department of Animal Sciences, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil.,Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil.,Vertebrate Morphophysiology Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, Natal, Brazil.,Center for Environmental Studies and Monitoring - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Brazil
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- Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil.,Vertebrate Morphophysiology Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, Natal, Brazil
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- Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil.,Center for Environmental Studies and Monitoring - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Brazil
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- Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil.,Center for Environmental Studies and Monitoring - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Brazil
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- Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil.,Vertebrate Morphophysiology Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, Natal, Brazil.,Center for Environmental Studies and Monitoring - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Brazil
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- Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil.,Vertebrate Morphophysiology Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, Natal, Brazil.,Center for Environmental Studies and Monitoring - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Brazil
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- Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil.,Center for Environmental Studies and Monitoring - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Brazil
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- Cetáceos da Costa Branca Project, University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte - PCCB-UERN, Mossoró, Brazil.,Vertebrate Morphophysiology Laboratory, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, Natal, Brazil.,Center for Environmental Studies and Monitoring - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Brazil
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- Applied Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory, Department of Animal Sciences, Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido - UFERSA, Mossoró, Brazil
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Akbari G, Asadiahranjani B, Goodarzi N, Shokrollahi S. The Branching Pattern of the Brachiocephalic Trunk in the Donkey ( Equus asinus
). Anat Histol Embryol 2017; 46:359-364. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- G. Akbari
- Department of Basic Sciences; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; University of Tabriz; Tabriz Iran
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- Veterinary Anatomy and Embryology; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; University of Tehran; Tehran Iran
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- Department of Basic and Pathobiological sciences; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Razi University; Kermanshah Iran
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; University of Tabriz; Tabriz Iran
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Casteleyn C, Trachet B, Van Loo D, Devos DGH, Van den Broeck W, Simoens P, Cornillie P. Validation of the murine aortic arch as a model to study human vascular diseases. J Anat 2010; 216:563-71. [PMID: 20345858 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01220.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Although the murine thoracic aorta and its main branches are widely studied to gain more insight into the pathogenesis of human vascular diseases, detailed anatomical data on the murine aorta are sparse. Moreover, comparative studies between mice and men focusing on the topography and geometry of the heart and aorta are lacking. As this hampers the validation of murine vascular models, the branching pattern of the murine thoracic aorta was examined in 30 vascular corrosion casts. On six casts the intrathoracic position of the heart was compared with that of six younger and six older men of whom contrast-enhanced computer tomography images of the thorax were three-dimensionally reconstructed. In addition, the geometry of the human thoracic aorta was compared with that of the mouse by reconstructing micro-computer tomography images of six murine casts. It was found that the right brachiocephalic trunk, left common carotid artery and left subclavian artery branched subsequently from the aortic arch in both mice and men. The geometry of the branches of the murine aortic arch was quite similar to that of men. In both species the initial segment of the aorta, comprising the ascending aorta, aortic arch and cranial/superior part of the descending aorta, was sigmoidally curved on a cranial/superior view. Although some analogy between the intrathoracic position of the murine and human heart was observed, the murine heart manifestly deviated more ventrally. The major conclusion of this study is that, in both mice and men, the ascending and descending aorta do not lie in a single vertical plane (non-planar aortic geometry). This contrasts clearly with most domestic mammals in which a planar aortic pattern is present. As the vascular branching pattern of the aortic arch is also similar in mice and men, the murine model seems valuable to study human vascular diseases.
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- Christophe Casteleyn
- Department of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
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Ahn DC, Kim HC, Tae HJ, Kang HS, Kim NS, Park SY, Kim IS. Branching pattern of aortic arch in the Korean water deer. J Vet Med Sci 2009; 70:1051-5. [PMID: 18981660 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.70.1051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study examined the branching pattern of the aortic arch and its major branches in Korean water deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus, Heude, 1884). Silicone casts were taken from the vessels of 23 carcasses (male 14, female 9) with body weights ranging from 1.3-16.0 kg through a retrograde injection into the abdominal aorta. The findings were compared with those from other domestic ruminants. Only the brachiocephalic trunk (Bct) branched from the aortic arch in all carcasses. In 19 of the 23 cases, the Bct branched into the left subclavian artery (LSb), the left common carotid artery (LCc), and then trifurcated into the right common carotid artery (RCc), right costocervical trunk (RCct) and right subclavian artery (RSb). The subclavian artery (Sb) branched into the costocervical trunk (in left), internal thoracic artery (It), and superficial cervical artery (Sc) in that order, and continued as the axillary artery. Instead of separated carotid arteries, the bicarotid trunk from the Bct was observed in only three males and one female. Two of these males had different branching orders of the It and Sc from the Sb in one or both sides. The other male had a RCct from the RSb. The left costocervical trunk (LCct) arose from the LSb in all cases, and branched into the highest intercostal artery, the dorsal scapular artery, and the deep cervical arteries in that order, and continued as the vertebral artery. In 22 cases, the RCct branched directly from the Bct at the same point in which the RCc (or bicarotid trunk) and RSb separated. The artery branching pattern from the RCct was similar to that of the LCct. These results suggest that the Korean water deer has a Bct with different branching patterns from those of domestic ruminants.
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- Dong-Choon Ahn
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea
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