Anatomical Studies Regarding the Arterial Vascular System of Mammary Gland in Camel, Cow and Mare

摘要

Our study was developed by using and observing six mammary glands coming from: two cows, two mares and two camels of the Camelus Bactrianus species. The procedure consisted of introducing a tube into the arterial vessels lumen, through which we then injected a special material, consisting of the industrial product Palux and a red dye. The injected mammary glands were kept in a 2% formaldehyde for 24 hours and then dissected, a process that was done both by direct observance and by using a magnifying glass, to enable a more accurate study of our case. The arterial vascularization in large ruminants is carried out by the external pudendal artery, which branches at the terminal point - in most cases, developing the caudal mammary artery, A. mammaria caudalis, and the cranial mammary artery, A. mammaria cranialis. The caudal mammary arteries participate, after issuing the collaterals responsible for the vascularization of the limphonodes adjacent to the mammals, to the vascularization of the posterior quarters. The cranial mammary artery emits one or two collaterals which ensure the vascularization of the medial gland region, eventually branching into the lateral mammary artery and the medial mammary artery