title: Arterial segmentation in the spleen of the sheep (Ovis aries).
abstract: Forty corrosion casts of the splenic artery and its tree were used to study segmentation in the sheep spleen. Twenty eight spleens (70%) had two arterial segments, a right and a left. One spleen (2.5%) had a visceral and a parietal segment. Eleven spleens (27.5%) showed no arterial segmentation, the artery ramifying irregularly.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006041:Goats / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D012756:Sheep / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply*; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology