Volume 12
Issue 4
Veterinary Medicine
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume12/issue4/abs-03.html
ARTERIAL AND VENOUS VESSELS OF PELVIC LIMB OF THE OSTRICH (STRUTHIO CAMELUS L.)
Norbert Pospieszny1, Paulina Pachulska2, Katarzyna Paździor2, Jerzy Wustinger2
1 Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
2 Institute of Anatomy and Histology,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the dissection
was to analyze blood vessels of the ostrich pelvic limb. Material constituted
8 limbs of two-day old ostrich chicks fixed in 4% solution of formic aldehyde.
Photographic documentation and schemes of the blood vessels route were performed.
Key words: ostrich, circulatory.
Norbert Pospieszny
Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 1/3, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Paulina Pachulska
Institute of Anatomy and Histology,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 1-3, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Katarzyna Paździor
Institute of Anatomy and Histology,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 1-3, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Jerzy Wustinger
Institute of Anatomy and Histology,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 1-3; 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
phone: +48+71 32 05 746
email: jotwu@gen.ar.wroc.pl
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