Anatomical study of a temporal bone from a non-human primate (Callithrix sp).
The search for experimental (animal) models is essential to the development of clinical studies.


OBJECTIVE
To demonstrate, by means of micro dissection techniques, the anatomical structures of temporal bones from the primate Callithrix sp.


METHODS
Experimental.


METHODS
Dissection of temporal bone structures of Callithrix sp and photographic documentation.


RESULTS
We identified the main constituents of the temporal bone (external, medium and inner ear and facial nerve).


CONCLUSIONS
The non-human primate Callithrix sp. is an adequate experimental model for the studies of temporal bone structures given its close anatomical similarities to that found in humans.
Borin
Andrei
A
EPM, UNIFESP, Brazil.
Covolan
Luciene
L
Mello
Luiz Eugênio
LE
Okada
Daniel Mochida
DM
Cruz
Oswaldo Laércio Mendonça
OL
Testa
Jose Ricardo Gurgel
JR
D000818:Animals; D002144:Callithrix / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D023421:Models, Animal; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology*