Open AccessOrigens e ramificações das artérias aortas esquerda e dorsal do jabuti (Geochelone carbonaria, Spix, 1824)
Author(s) -
Tânia Negreiros Faria,
Arani Nanci Bomfim Mariana
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
brazilian journal of veterinary research and animal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1678-4456
pISSN - 1413-9596
DOI - 10.1590/s1413-95962001000400002
Subject(s) - art
We worked with 6 tortoises, 3 females and 3 males of the species Geochelone carbonaria, in order to describe the main arteries, which vascularize the organs of the coelomic cavity. We observed that the left aorta lengthen three main branches in order to irrigate the organs of the animal's cranial area, before it joins the right aorta to form the dorsal aorta, which is in charge of the nutrition of the caudal area of the animal, through several branches coming irregularly in quantity and origin