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Arterial Thoracic Vascularization in Some Deer Species: Pampas Deer ( Ozotoceros bezoarticus ), Brown Brocket Deer ( Mazama gouazoubira ) and Axis Deer ( Axis axis )
Author(s) -
Pérez W.,
Erdoğan S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/ahe.12102
Subject(s) - trunk , anatomy , biology , thorax (insect anatomy) , long axis , aortic arch , aorta , short axis , medicine , ecology , geometry , mathematics
Summary In this study, the arterial distributions of the aortic arches of three deer species ( A xis axis , O zotoceros bezoarticus and M azama gouazoubira ) were described. The animals were dissected immediately after being found dead. Latex injection method was used to observe the vascularization of the thorax. The branching pattern of the arteries of the thoracic aorta in O . bezoarticus was similar to domestic ruminants. In the M . gouazoubira and A . axis, there were no bicarotid trunk. Interestingly, the first branch of the brachiocephalic trunk was the left costocervical trunk in A . axis . Then, brachiocephalic trunk was divided into right and left subclavian arteries. M . gouazoubira and A . axis in contrast to O . bezoarticus were different when compared with other ruminants, and the absence of bicarotid trunk was more striking than previous reports.