The lumbosacral plexus of the Japanese serows, Capricornis crispus.
The lumbosacral plexus of the Japanese serow was grossly investigated on 30 fresh specimens. 28 of 30 showed 6 lumbar vertebrae and 2 of the remaining had 5. The communicating pattern among segmental origins from L3 to S5 revealed a variability of the plexus in both types of 5 and 6 lumbar vertebrae. The ratio of prefixed, median fixed and postfixed plexuses in 6 lumbar vertebral type was nearly 2:6:1. The serow's plexus was basically similar to that of domestic ruminants.
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan.
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Atoji
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Suzuki
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Sugimura
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D012418:Ruminants / Q000033:anatomy & histology*