A euthanized cat was donated to Anatomy lab. The epoxy resin was injected in the trachea of the intact animal body. The cat was frozen for 48 hrs. After the thaw the trachea and thoracic organs were obtained. A corrosion cast using potassium hydroxide (KOH) was performed.
Download this presentation Paper in review process by the International Journal of Morphology. Received may 4th/2009 The present study was performed in 51 hearts of human fetus. In 8 cases (15.7%) was founded a variation of aortic arch with 4 branches. Previous report of aortic arch with 4 branches showed 11 % of that variation in a group of 100 adults human hearts * This is the first report of variations in number of branches of aortic arch in human fetus. *Gupta M, Sodhi L. Variations in branching pattern, shape, size and relative distances of arteries arising from arch of aorta. Nepal Med Coll J. 2005 Jun; 7(1):13 – 7
CODE: 5cHgt00002
Authors:
José Darío Rojas Oviedo / status: MD MSc
email:darojaso@gmail.com Luis Ernesto Ballesteros / status: MSc
email:lballest56@gmail.com
Advisor: Luis Ernesto Ballesteros Institution: Universidad Industrial de Santander. Colombia. www.uis.edu.co
Language: English
year: 2009
