Morphological and microscopical examination of the rat brachial plexus
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Tarih
2001
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Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
The rat brachial plexus was studied morphologically and the average numbers of the fascicles were studied by light microscope. For this purpose, we used 30 Wistar albino adult rats (16 males, 14 females; 180-250 g). The rats were anaesthetized by urethane (0.6 ml/100 g body weight injected i.p.). The brachial plexus was prepared for the microdissection technique and was evaluated in terms of its formation. Sections of the origin level of roots (C-5, C-6, C-7, C-8 and Th-1) and the terminal branches (ulnar, median, radial (musculospiral), axillary (circumflex), and musculocutaneous nerves) were taken and the average numbers of fascicles were calculated. The results of our investigation show that the rat brachial plexus is formed by the inferior primary divisions of the last four cervical and the first thoracic of the spinal nerves (C-5, C-6, C-7, C-8 and Th-1). C-4 might join with C-5 but we did not observe a connection between the Th-2 and Th-1. The diameters of the roots and terminal branches of the brachial plexus were approximately 0.5-1.2 mm and 0.5-1.1 mm, respectively. The numbers of fascicles for the roots and terminal branches were calculated to be approximately 2-4 and 1-4, respectively.
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rat, brachial plexus, morphology, histology
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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
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Q4
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N/A
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25
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3
