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Multidetector Computed Tomographic Anatomy of the Lungs in the Loggerhead Sea Turtle ( Caretta caretta )
Author(s) -
Ricciardi Mario,
Franchini Delia,
Valastro Carmela,
Ciccarelli Stefano,
Caprio Francesco,
Eyad Assad Abu,
Di Bello Antonio
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the anatomical record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1932-8494
pISSN - 1932-8486
DOI - 10.1002/ar.24030
Subject(s) - anatomy , computed tomographic , turtle (robot) , dissection (medical) , medicine , sea turtle , computed tomography , radiology , biology , fishery
Multidetector computed tomographic (CT) anatomy was used to evaluate the lungs of 10 loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta ) without pulmonary disease, in order to provide a baseline of turtle lung anatomy by CT imaging. In all patients, in this retrospective anatomic study, the CT datasets were carefully evaluated for assessment of the bronchial tree morphology and branching pattern, of the arborization pattern of pulmonary arteries and veins and of the bronchoarterial–bronchovenous diameter ratios. Imaging anatomy was compared with previous published data based on dissection and microscopic anatomy. With the increasing availability of advanced imaging tools for wildlife animal patients, a detailed CT anatomy background is required to decipher correctly the pathologic respiratory conditions of sea turtles. Anat Rec, 302:1658–1665, 2019. © 2018 American Association for Anatomy