Revista chilena de anatomía
Print version ISSN 0716-9868
Abstract
SCHIMMING, Bruno Cesar and FERNANDES DE ABREU, Mara Alice. SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE ARTERIES IN THE SPLENIC HILUS OF THE ARMADILLO (Dasypus novemcinctus, L.). Rev. chil. anat. [online]. 2001, vol.19, n.2, pp.149-154. ISSN 0716-9868. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-98682001000200005.
The authors have conducted a anatomical study of armadillo spleen's arterial vascularization, in respect of its origin, their branches and the pattern vessels' distribution. Therefore, was related in special, the arterial behaviour of the extra-hilaris vessels of the splenic artery. These observations were aggregated and reported, and all data are compared with those reported in the literature
Keywords : Anatomy; Splenic artery; Armadillo; Spleen.