title: The Arteries of the Brain in Hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778).
abstract: Research into course and variability of brain arteries in hare were performed on 38 adult hares of both sexes (males 23 and females 15). The arteries were filled with a synthetic latex at a constant pressure introduced with a medical syringe to the left ventricle. The source of blood supply to the brain was internal carotid arteries, whose branches formed an arterial circle of the brain, vertebral arteries, and basilar artery as the result of its anastomosis. Variability focused on a method of departure of middle cerebral arteries, which were multiple vessels in 39.5% of cases and rostral cerebellar arteries. Caudal communicating arteries in hare comprised bilateral anastomosis of internal carotid arteries and final branches of the basilar artery. It stabilized the steady flow of blood to all parts of the brain. Caudal cerebral arteries comprised final branches of the basilar artery. The largest capacity of all the arteries of the brain was observed in the main trunk of the basilar artery. The capacity of these vessels was 4.53 mm(3) on average. The factor of capacity of cerebral arteries in relation to weight of the brain reaches a high value in hare.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brudnicki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kirkiłło-Stacewicz
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Benedykt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skoczylas
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nowicki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jabłoński
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brudnicki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Animal Morphology and Hunting, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D034621:Hares; D008297:Male
keywords: arteries; brain base; hare