title: Cleavage line patterns in beagle dogs: as a guideline for use in dermatoplasty.
abstract: We prepared a map of the cleavage lines for beagle dogs, as a guideline for use of cleavage lines in dermatoplasty. The cleavage lines at the head resembled the orientation of the underlying muscles. Although the cleavage lines in the trunk were perpendicular to the body axis, those in the thoraco-abdominal region were parallel to the body axis. The cleavage lines at the limbs were parallel to the long axis of the limb on the cranial surface, but were perpendicular to the long axis of the limb on the lateral and caudal surfaces. Also, we recorded in detail the cleavage lines in the distal regions of the limbs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oiki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ichihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asari
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005121:Extremities / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology