title: Arterial supply of the pineal gland of Akkaraman sheep.
abstract: Arterial vascularisation of the ovine pineal gland was investigated by latex injection preparations of the common carotid artery in 20 adult Akkaraman sheep brains under stereo light microscope. It was observed that the arterial supply comes exclusively from branches of the caudal cerebral artery. The pineal gland was found to contain a rich vascular network. This network also received a few branches from the caudal choroid rami.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kirikkale, 71450 Campus, Kirikkale, Turkey. dincer_yildiz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gultiken
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bolat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply*; D012756:Sheep / Q000033:anatomy & histology*