Premium
A MALFORMATION OF THE HIND END OF THE BODY
Author(s) -
Sunderland Sydney
Publication year - 1941
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1941.tb02866.x
Subject(s) - cloaca , anatomy , medicine , abnormality , hindlimb , psychiatry
S ummary .1. An abnormality of the hind end of the body in a female is described. 2. The various theories relating' to the development of this region and their relative values in explaining the malformations found, are discussed. 3 The suggestion is put forward that fusion of the Müllerian ducts is responsible for the separation of the hind gut from the ventral cloaca, and that further development of the hind end is associated with changes occurring in the distal ends of those ducts. The grounds on which such a suggestion is based are, firstly the conditions found in this specimen, and, secondly, its value in solving certain of the problems connected with the malformations recorded.