title: Skeletopy of the brachiocephalic trunk and the common carotid arteries in human fetuses.
abstract: By means of anatomical and radiological methods and with help of the Computer Digital Image Analysis System the brachiocephalic trunk and the common carotid arteries in relation to the vertebral column were studied in 60 human fetuses. The vessels were found to be between the upper borders: of the third thoracic vertebra and the first cervical vertebra (Th3s-C1s). In the 6th month of the ontogenetic development the vessels descended by one vertebra and established their location in the next prenatal compartment (8-9) between the lower borders: of these same vertebra (Th3i-C1i). We have counted the skeletopie age correlation coefficients of these vessels and found the diminuation of their values. Sexual skeletopic dimorphism have not been observed. These investigations have clinical implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Normal Anatomy, Ludwik Rydygier Medical University, Bydgoszcz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szpinda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flisiński
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gościcka
mesh_terms: D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology