VASCULARIZATION OF THE PINEAL-GLAND IN THE CROW

被引:7
作者
NASU, T [1 ]
NAKAI, M [1 ]
MURAKAMI, N [1 ]
机构
[1] MIYAZAKI UNIV, FAC AGR, DEPT PHYSIOL, MIYAZAKI 88921, JAPAN
关键词
BLOOD SUPPLY; CROW; PINEAL GLAND;
D O I
10.1292/jvms.56.1185
中图分类号
S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
学科分类号
0906 ;
摘要
The blood vascularization in the pineal gland of the crow was investigated in detail using a vascular corrosion cast technique and by scanning electron microscopy. The pineal gland received two afferent arteries on either side, each artery arising from the A. cerebralis caudalis (CC) which supplied its branches to the hemisphere. The pineal gland of the crow was so highly vascularized as to be suggestive of its high metabolic and endocrine activities. The efferent veins drained into the Sinus occipitalis and the Sinus sagittalis dorsalis. There was a direct vascular connection between capillaries of the stalk of the gland and those of the Plexus choroideus.
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页码:1185 / 1186
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