title: Some studies of the centrum tendineum of the diaphragm of camel (Camelus dromedarius).
abstract: Thirty eight centrum tendineum of camel from both sexes and of different ages, and fifteen diaphragms of camel fetuses of different CR length were used for the description of the morphological and micromorphological features of the centrum tendineum. The centrum tendineum was found to be formed from two sheets. The collagenous fibres in the abdominal sheet are radially arranged, while the thoracic sheet is formed from circularly arranged fibres superficially and radiating fibres deeply. Our study reveals the presence of a central node of cancellous bony tissue to which the fibrellar elements of the centrum tendineum are fixed and from which they radiate. The os diaphragmaticum and its cartilagenous primordium were described.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002162:Camelus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002356:Cartilage; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010012:Osteogenesis; D013710:Tendons / Q000033:anatomy & histology*