Anatomical study on the spinal arteries in the domestic cat (Felis domesticus) | ||
| Benha Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
| Article 23, Volume 31, Issue 1, September 2016, Pages 141-146 PDF (353.98 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bvmj.2016.31241 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Farag F. M.; Wally Y. R.; Khalifa E. F.; Nafady A. | ||
| Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| To study the normal distribution of the arteries that supply the spinal cord of the cat, a colored latex solution was injected in the aorta of ten adult cats. The specimens were dissected to expose the spinal arteries in this species. The main arterial supplments of the spinal cord were the ventral spinal and dorsal spinal arteries. These arteries along their courses received several radicular arteries that arose from the vertebral, dorsal intercostal and lumbar arteries. Comparing the results obtained with those commonly described in humans, it is clear that the domestic cat shows a great similarity in most respects. However, marked variability of the spinal arteries arising from segmental arteries, the origin of the ventral spinal artery and the origin and presence of the Adamkiewicz artery were recorded. Overall, the data show that, from an anatomical standpoint, the cat seems to be a good model for spinal cord ischemia in humans | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Anatomy-Spinal arteries; domestic cat | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 112 PDF Download: 207 |
||
