title: Extent of vascularization by the two branches of the renal artery in the brown bear (ursus arctos).
abstract: The renal arteries of four brown bears (Ursus arctos) have been investigated after filling with a polyester resin. It is shown that in all cases the renal artery devides into ventral and dorsal, sub- and suprapelvic arteries. The distribution of these arteries and the number of renculi supplied are described.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001503:Ursidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*