Arterial vascularization of the uropygial glands (Gl. uropygialis) in the rock partridge (Alectoris graeca) living in Turkey.
This study aims to observe the morphological characteristics of the uropygial gland (Glandula uropygialis), specifically the arterial vascularization, in rock partridges (Alectoris graeca) living in Turkey. Coloured-latex-injected animals were dissected and the gland and related arteries were observed. Mostly, the fourth paired caudal segmental arteries (Aa. segmentales caudales) arising from the median caudal artery (A. mediana caudae) were specified as the uropygial gland arteries. These arteries, in turn, gave the following rami: the muscular ramus (Ramus muscularis) to the levator coccygeus and lateral caudal muscles, the lateral ramus (Ramus lateralis) to the lateral coccygeus muscle and a small ventro-lateral division of the caudal component of the gland, and the medial rami (Ramus medialis) to the dorsal surface of the gland.
Ozcan
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Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, 36100 Kars, Turkey.
Aslan
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Aksoy
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Kürtül
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001717:Birds / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey