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BACKGROUND: The effects of aging on papillary muscle have been widely demonstrated, but no data on the effects of exercise on the age-related changes are available. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effects of aging on the morphological and quantitative properties of papillary muscle and investigate whether a long-term moderate exercise program would exert a protective effect against the effects of aging. METHODS: We used electron microscopy to study the density of myocytes, capillaries and connective tissue and the cross-sectional area of myocytes of the papillary muscle of the left ventricle of 6- and 13-month-old untrained and exercised Wistar rats. RESULTS: As expected, the volume density of myocytes declined significantly (p<0.05) with aging. The length density of myocardial capillaries also declined with aging, but not significantly. The interstitial volume fraction of the papillary muscle tissue increased significantly (P<0.05) with age. The number of myocyte profiles showed a reduction of 20% that was accompanied by myocyte hypertrophy in the aged rats (P<0.05). Animals submitted to a 60-minute daily session,, 5 days/wk at 1.8 km x h(-1) of moderate running on a treadmill for 28 weeks showed a reversion of all the observed aging effects on papillary muscle. CONCLUSION: The present study supports the concept that long-term exercise training restrains the aging-related deleterious changes in the papillary muscle.

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Post-natal development comprises both maturation (from newborn to adult) and ageing (from adult to senility) and, during this phase, several adaptive mechanisms occur in sympathetic ganglia, albeit they are not fully understood. Therefore, the present study aimed at detecting whether post-natal development would exert any effect on the size and number of a guinea pig's superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons. Twenty right SCGs from male subjects were used at four ages, i.e. newborn (7 days), young (30 days), adult (7 months) and old animals (50 months). Using design-based stereological methods the volume of ganglion and the total number of mononucleate and binucleate neurons were estimated. Furthermore, the mean perikaryal volume of mononucleate and binucleate neurons was estimated using the vertical nucleator. The main findings of this study were a combination of post-natal-dependent increases and decreases in some variables: (i) 27% increase in ganglion volume, (ii) 24% and 43% decreases in the total number of mono and binucleate neurons, respectively, and (iii) 27.5% and 40% decreases in the mean perikaryal volume of mono and binucleate neurons, respectively. Despite the fall in neuron numbers found here, post-natal development is not only associated with neuron loss, but also embraces other structural adaptive mechanisms, which are discussed in this paper.

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FUNDAMENTO: Os efeitos do envelhecimento no músculo papilar têm sido amplamente demonstrados, mas não há dados disponíveis sobre os efeitos do exercício nas alterações relacionadas à idade. OBJETIVO: Analisar os efeitos do envelhecimento nas propriedades morfológicas e quantitativas do músculo papilar e investigar se um programa contínuo de exercícios moderados pode exercer um efeito protetor contra as conseqüências do envelhecimento. MÉTODOS: Microscopia eletrônica foi utilizada para estudar a densidade dos miócitos, capilares e tecido conectivo e área transversal dos miócitos do músculo papilar no ventrículo esquerdo de ratos Wistar de 6 e 13 meses, não-treinados e submetidos a exercícios. RESULTADOS: Como esperado, a densidade de volume dos miócitos diminui significantemente (p<0,05) com a idade. A densidade de comprimento dos capilares também diminui com a idade, mas não de forma significante. A fração de volume intersticial do tecido do músculo capilar aumenta significantemente com a idade (P<0,05). O número de perfis de miócitos mostrou uma redução de 20% que foi acompanhada de hipertrofia dos miócitos no envelhecimento (P<0,05). Animais submetidos a uma sessão diária de 60 minutos, 5 dias/semana a 1,8 km.h-1 de corrida moderada em esteira ergométrica durante 28 semanas mostraram uma reversão de todos os efeitos do envelhecimento observados no músculo papilar. CONCLUSÃO: O presente estudo apóia o conceito de que treinamento físico de longo prazo impede as mudanças deletérias relacionadas à idade no músculo capilar.

BACKGROUND: The effects of aging on papillary muscle have been widely demonstrated, but no data on the effects of exercise on the age-related changes are available. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effects of aging on the morphological and quantitative properties of papillary muscle and investigate whether a long-term moderate exercise program would exert a protective effect against the effects of aging. METHODS: We used electron microscopy to study the density of myocytes, capillaries and connective tissue and the cross-sectional area of myocytes of the papillary muscle of the left ventricle of 6- and 13-month-old untrained and exercised Wistar rats. RESULTS: As expected, the volume density of myocytes declined significantly (p<0.05) with aging. The length density of myocardial capillaries also declined with aging, but not significantly. The interstitial volume fraction of the papillary muscle tissue increased significantly (P<0.05) with age. The number of myocyte profiles showed a reduction of 20% that was accompanied by myocyte hypertrophy in the aged rats (P<0.05). Animals submitted to a 60-minute daily session,, 5 days/wk at 1.8 km.h-1 of moderate running on a treadmill for 28 weeks showed a reversion of all the observed aging effects on papillary muscle. CONCLUSION: The present study supports the concept that long-term exercise training restrains the aging-related deleterious changes in the papillary muscle.

FUNDAMENTO: Los efectos del envejecimiento en el músculo papilar han sido demostrados de modo amplio, pero no hay datos disponibles sobre los efectos del ejercicio en las alteraciones relacionadas a la edad. OBJETIVO: Analizar los efectos del envejecimiento en las propiedades morfológicas y cuantitativas del músculo papilar e investigar si un programa continuo de ejercicios moderados puede ejercer un efecto protector contra las consecuencias del envejecimiento. MÉTODOS: Se utilizó microscopia electrónica para estudiar la densidad de los miocitos, capilares y tejido conectivo, así como el área transversal de los miocitos del músculo papilar en el ventrículo izquierdo de ratas Wistar de 6 y 13 meses, no entrenadas y sometidas a ejercicios. RESULTADOS: Como se esperaba, la densidad de volumen de los miocitos disminuye significantemente (p<0,05) con el avance de la edad. La densidad de longitud de los capilares también disminuye con la edad, pero no de forma significante. La fracción de volumen intersticial del tejido del músculo capilar aumenta significantemente con el avance de la edad (P<0,05). El número de perfiles de miocitos mostró una reducción del 20%, seguida de su hipertrofia en el envejecimiento (P<0,05). Sometidos a una sesión diaria de 60 minutos, 5 días/semana a 1,8 km.h-1 de corrida moderada en estera ergométrica durante 28 semanas, los animales mostraron una reversión de todos los efectos del envejecimiento observados en el músculo papilar. CONCLUSIÓN: El presente estudio apoya el concepto de que entrenamiento físico de largo plazo impide los cambios letales en el músculo capilar relacionados a la edad.

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Stellate ganglion (SG) represents the main sympathetic input to the heart. This study aimed at investigating physical exercise-related changes in the quantitative aspects of SG neurons in treadmill-exercised Wistar rats. By applying state-of-the-art design-based stereology, the SG volume, total number of SG neurons, mean perikaryal volume of SG neurons, and the total volume of neurons in the whole SG have been examined. Arterial pressure and heart rate were also measured at the end of the exercise period. The present study showed that a low-intensity exercise training program caused a 12% decrease in the heart rate of trained rats. In contrast, there were no effects on systolic pressure, diastolic pressure, or mean arterial pressure. As to quantitative changes related to physical exercise, the main findings were a 21% increase in the fractional volume occupied by neurons in the SG, and an 83% increase in the mean perikaryal volume of SG neurons in treadmill-trained rats, which shows a remarkable neuron hypertrophy. It seems reasonable to infer that neuron hypertrophy may have been the result of a functional overload imposed on the SG neurons by initial posttraining sympathetic activation. From the novel stereological data we provide, further investigations are needed to shed light on the mechanistic aspect of neuron hypertrophy: what role does neuron hypertrophy play? Could neuron hypertrophy be assigned to the functional overload induced by physical exercise?

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Functional asymmetry has been reported in sympathetic ganglia. Although there are few studies reporting on body side-related morphoquantitative changes in sympathetic ganglion neurons, none of them have used design-based stereological methods to address this issue during post-natal development. We therefore aimed at detecting possible asymmetry-related effects on the quantitative structure of the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) from pacas during ageing, using very precise design-based stereological methods. Forty (twenty left and twenty right) SCG from twenty male pacas were studied at four different ages, i.e. newborn, young, adult and aged animals. By using design-based stereological methods the total volume of ganglion and the total number of mononucleate and binucleate neurons were estimated. Furthermore, the mean perikaryal volume of mononucleate and binucleate neurons was estimated, using the vertical nucleator. The main findings of this study were: (1) the right SCG from aged pacas has more mononucleate and binucleate neurons than the left SCG in all other combinations of body side and animal age, showing the effect of the interaction between asymmetry (right side) and animal age, and (2) right SCG neurons (mono and binucleate) are bigger than the left SCG neurons (mono and binucleate), irrespective of the animal age. This shows, therefore, the exclusive effect of asymmetry (right side). At the time of writing there is still no conclusive explanation for some SCG quantitative changes exclusively assigned to asymmetry (right side) and those assigned to the interaction between asymmetry (right side) and senescence in pacas. We therefore suggest that forthcoming studies should focus on the functional consequences of SCG structural asymmetry during post-natal development. Another interesting investigation would be to examine the interaction between ganglia and their innervation targets using anterograde and retrograde neurotracers. Would differences in the size of target organs explain ganglia structural asymmetry?

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Somatic nuclear transfer allows scientists to produce identical copies of individuals (clones) and offers the potential for research in various fields. However, the production of cloned bovines is inefficient, partly because of high rates of embryonic mortality associated with abnormal placental development, although the exact mechanisms are still unclear. In the present study, we have applied design-based stereological methods to quantify placental morphology in cloned and non-cloned Nelore bovines (280-297 days of gestation). We have found no differences for any of the following parameters: number and volume of placentomes, villous volume and surface area, volume and number of star volume units and placental efficiency. Therefore, placental deficiency is unlikely to be attributable to its villous component. Nevertheless, new studies should focus on other placental constituents, e.g. capillaries, trophoblast cells and feto-maternal exchange surface area.

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The superior cervical ganglion (SCG) provides sympathetic input to the head and neck, its relation with mandible, submandibular glands, eyes (second and third order control) and pineal gland being demonstrated in laboratory animals. In addition, the SCG's role in some neuropathies can be clearly seen in Horner's syndrome. In spite of several studies published involving rats and mice, there is little morphological descriptive and comparative data of SCG from large mammals. Thus, we investigated the SCG's macro- and microstructural organization in medium (dogs and cats) and large animals (horses) during a very specific period of the post-natal development, namely maturation (from young to adults). The SCG of dogs, cats and horses were spindle shaped and located deeply into the bifurcation of the common carotid artery, close to the distal vagus ganglion and more related to the internal carotid artery in dogs and horses, and to the occipital artery in cats. As to macromorphometrical data, that is ganglion length, there was a 23.6% increase from young to adult dogs, a 1.8% increase from young to adult cats and finally a 34% increase from young to adult horses. Histologically, the SCG's microstructure was quite similar between young and adult animals and among the 3 species. The SCG was divided into distinct compartments (ganglion units) by capsular septa of connective tissue. Inside each ganglion unit the most prominent cellular elements were ganglion neurons, glial cells and small intensely fluorescent cells, comprising the ganglion's morphological triad. Given this morphological arrangement, that is a summation of all ganglion units, SCG from dogs, cats and horses are better characterized as a ganglion complex rather than following the classical ganglion concept. During maturation (from young to adults) there was a 32.7% increase in the SCG's connective capsule in dogs, a 25.8% increase in cats and a 33.2% increase in horses. There was an age-related increase in the neuronal profile size in the SCG from young to adult animals, that is a 1.6-fold, 1.9-fold and 1.6-fold increase in dogs, cats and horses, respectively. On the other hand, there was an age-related decrease in the nuclear profile size of SCG neurons from young to adult animals (0.9-fold, 0.7-fold and 0.8-fold in dogs, cats and horses, respectively). Ganglion connective capsule is composed of 2 or 3 layers of collagen fibres in juxtaposition and, as observed in light microscopy and independently of the animal's age, ganglion neurons were organised in ganglionic units containing the same morphological triad seen in light microscopy.

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The total number of neurons in the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) of adult capybaras is known from a previous study, where a marked occurrence of binucleate neurons (13%) was also noted. Here, distribution, number and fate of binucleate neurons were examined in younger, developing capybaras, aged 3 months. The mean neuronal cross-sectional area was 575.2 microm2 for mononucleate neurons and 806.8 microm2 in binucleate neurons. Frequency of binucleate neurons was about 36%. The mean ganglion volume was about 190 mm3 in young capybaras and the mean neuronal density was about 9,517 neurons/mm3. The total number of neurons per ganglion was about 1.81 mill. Neuronal cell bodies constituted 22.5% of the ganglion volume and the average neuronal volume was 23,600 microm3. By comparing the present data with those previously published the conclusion is drawn that the maturation period was characterized by the following points: a 26% remarkable decrease in neuronal density which was significant (P < 0.05) and a significant 16% (P < 0.05) decrease in the total number of SCG neurons accompanied by a 23% decrease in the total number of SCG binucleate neurons.

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Nesta pesquisa o aspecto macroestrutural, microestrutural e histoquímico foram investigados em 6 cães clinicamente saudáveis para identificar a possível alteração na estrutura, morfométrica e parâmetros quantitativos de neurônios do complexo ganglionar celíaco. Nossa observação revela que o gânglio celíaco foi originado da origem da artéria celíaca e mostra um aspecto irregular sendo caracterizado como um complexo. Histoquimicamente, neurônios NADPH diaforase reativos foram identificados. Esta reação positiva, em animais saudáveis, permite-nos concluir que estes neurônios eram potencialmente nitrergicos, contudo, para confirmar o aspecto nitrergico para estes neurônios ele é necessário combinar métodos imunohistoquimicos.

In this research, the macrostructural, microstructural and histochemical aspects were Investigated in 6 clinacally health dogs to identify the possible alterations on the structure, morphometric and qualitative parameteres of neurons of the celiac ganglionar complex. Our observations revealed that the celiac ganglion was originated dose to the origin of the celiac artery and showed a irregular aspect, being caractherized as a complex. Histochemical/y, neurons NADPH diaphorase reactives were identified. This positive reaction, on health animais, led us to conclude this neurons were potentially nitrergic, besides, to confirm the nitrergic aspect for this neurons it isnecessary to combine immunohistochemical method.

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O envelhecimento é caracterizado por um progressivo declínio na função neuronal envolvendo tanto o sistema nervoso central como o periférico. O aumento da idade é verificado por alterações no número e no tamanho dos neurônios. Contudo, estes dados são controversos e pouco conhecidos nos gânglios periféricos. Desta forma, o presente estudo teve como objetivo estudar o gânglio mesentérico caudal (GMC) de cães em dois períodos distintos do desenvolvimento (maturação e envelhecimento), a procura de alterações morfométricas nos neurônios. A importância do GMC esta ligada à inervação simpática do intestino grosso, esfíncter anal interno e parcialmente o aparelho urogenital. Para o estudo, foram utilizados nove cães domésticos sem raça definida e machos, divididos em três grupos etários com idades bem definidas (1-2 meses, 1-3 anos e 5-10 anos). Os gânglios foram processados para o estudo da microscopia e luz e as análises morfométricas (área seccional do neurônio e do núcleo) foram realizadas por meio do software de análise morfométrica KS 400 ZEISS®. O aumento da idade foi caracterizado por um aumento no tamanho do neurônio e do núcleo. Quanto a relação núcleo-citoplasma, esta diminuiu com o aumento da idade.

The aging is characterized by a progressive decline of neuronal function that involves both the central and the peripheral nervous system.Aging process is accompanied by changes in the number and size of neurons. However, these data are controvesial and poorly known in the peripheral ganglia. In this way, the present investigation aimed to study the dog's caudal mesenteric ganglion (CMG) in two different phases of aging (maturation and aging), looking for morphometric alterations in the neurons. The importance of the CMG is associated with the innervation of the lower large intestine, internal anal sphincter and partially the urogenital system. To the study, was used nine males, mongrel, domestic dogs, divided into three different well defined aged groups (1-2 months, 1-3 years old, 5-10 years old). The ganglia were processed for light microscopy study and the morphometric analyses were done using morphometric analyses software KS 400 Zeiss®. The increase of age was caractherized by an increased in size of neuron and nucleu. Concerning about nucleus-citoplasmic relation, this decrease with the age.

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Aging is mostly characterized by a progressive decline of neuronal function that involves both the central and the peripheral nervous system. The aging process is accompanied by changes in either the number or the size of neurons. However, these data are controversial and not very well known in the sympathetic ganglia of large mammals. Hence, the present investigation aimed to study the dog's caudal mesenteric ganglion (CMG) in three different periods of postnatal development, searching for qualitative and quantitative alterations. The CMG is responsible for the large intestine, internal anal sphincter, and partially the urogenital system innervations. Nine dead male dogs from the Veterinary Hospital of the College of Veterinary Medicine at University of São Paulo were divided into three well-defined age groups (1-2 months old, 1-2 years old, and 5-10 years old). The stereological study was pursued using the physical disector method combined to the Cavalieri principle. The postnatal development was accompanied by an increase in the nonneuronal tissue amount and in ganglion volume. Additionally, the total number of neurons also increased during aging (from 70,140 to 1,204,516), although the neuronal density showed an opposite trend (from 29,911 to 11,500 mm(-3)). Due to the interrelation between either body weight or ganglion volume and aging in the dogs investigated in this study, it was possible to predict the total number of neurons in CMG using both body weight and ganglion volume in an attempt to verify whether or not size and total number of neurons are both allometrically and aging ruled, i.e., if either the animal's body weight and ganglion volume or aging influence these parameters. The prediction of the total number of neurons was very close to the initially estimated values.

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Twenty-two stomachs from adult capybaras were used in this study, and an acid digestion mesoscopic technique was pursued using different concentrations of nitric acid to observe the muscular organization of the stomach. The capybara's stomach possessed a muscular coat composed of four layers or strata: external longitudinal, external oblique, circular and internal oblique. Also, the cardiac and pyloric sphincter muscles were comprised of three or two different layers, respectively. Furthermore, the internal oblique fibres were observed extending from the cardiac portion of the stomach to the smaller curvature, where they participated in the formation of the Ansa cardiaca together with the external longitudinal fibres. This muscular architectural arrangement was compared to that in small rodents (rat, hamster, guinea pig), as well as in rabbits and pigs. In conclusion, the stomach of the capybara has a very particular, complex and defined muscular organization that differs from that in other rodents, or domestic animals, in particular, pigs.

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The superior (cranial) cervical ganglion was investigated by light microscopy in adult rats, capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) and horses. The ganglia were vascularly perfused, embedded in resin and cut into semi-thin sections. An unbiased stereological procedure (disector method) was used to estimate ganglion neuron size, total number of ganglion neurons, neuronal density. The volume of the ganglion was 0.5 mm3 in rats, 226 mm3 in capybaras and 412 mm3 in horses. The total number of neurons per ganglion was 18,800, 1,520,000 and 3,390,000 and the number of neurons per cubic millimetre was 36,700, 7,000 and 8,250 in rats, capybaras and horses, respectively. The average neuronal size (area of the largest sectional profile of a neuron) was 358, 982 and 800 microm2, and the percentage of volume occupied by neurons was 33, 21 and 17% in rats, capybaras and horses, respectively. When comparing the three species (average body weight: 200 g, 40 kg and 200 kg), most of the neuronal quantitative parameters change in line with the variation of body weight. However, the average neuronal size in the capybara deviates from this pattern in being larger than that of in the horse. The rat presented great interindividual variability in all the neuronal parameters. From the data in the literature and our new findings in the capybara and horse, we conclude that some correlations exist between average size of neurons and body size and between total number of neurons and body size. However, these correlations are only approximate and are based on averaged parameters for large populations of neurons: they are less likely to be valid if one considers a single quantitative parameter. Several quantitative features of the nervous tissue have to be taken into account together, rather than individually, when evolutionary trends related to size are considered.

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a technique for preservation of organoleptic tissue characteristics (color, odor, texture, and flexibility) in cadavers used for surgical instruction. STUDY DESIGN: Experimental study. ANIMALS: Forty-three canine cadavers. METHODS: Cadavers were preserved with a modified Larssen solution of the Hospital Cochim, Paris and cryopreservation. Tissue handling qualities were evaluated in surgical laboratory sessions. RESULTS: All cadavers kept texture and tissues consistency, especially skin and muscle, similar to those of live animals. Some skin desquamation and pallor of the mucous membranes occurred with repetitive freeze-thaw cycles. CONCLUSIONS: This preservation technique provides acceptable cadaver quality and tissue handling for use in surgical instruction. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Preparation of patient cadavers by intravascular injection of modified Larssen solution yielded suitable instructional models for surgical training.

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Doze cães domésticos (Canis familiaris) foram dissecados para o estudo da situação, arranjo e ramificação nervosa do gânglio distal do nervo vago e gânglio cervical cranial. Os gânglios apresentaram-se fusiformes e recobertos pelo músuculo digástrico. Os principais ramos do gânglio cervical cranial observados foram os ramos para a artéria carótida externa e artéria carótida interna. Destacou-se o nervo laringeal cranial como ramo do gânglio distal do nervo vago. O estudo revelou gânglio cervical cranial e o gânglio distal do vago eram estruturas bem desenvolvidas e não encontrou-se diferenças anatômicas entre os gânglios observados em ambos antímeros.

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The segmental structure of the aortic wall at the thoracic and abdominal levels were studied in domestic chicken by light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Selected histological sections were submitted to histomorphometric studies using image analysis methods. The variables studied were the thickness of the aortic layers in the three segments investigated: ascendant thoracic, descendant thoracic and abdominal parts as well as the tubular diameters and the mean number of elastic lamellae in the medial layer of each analyzed segment. The aortic wall of the chicken had a predominately elastic structure in the thoracic portions, that decrease gradually in relative number of elastic lamellae towards the abdominal aorta in which smooth muscle cells predominated. Vascular diameters decreased gradually to the ascendant aorta from the descendant thoracic portion and to the last from the abdominal aorta.

A estrutura segmentar da parede aórtica foi estudada em galo doméstico, em níveis torácico e abdominal, nas dimensões de microscopias óptica e eletrônica de varredura. Secções histológicas selecionadas foram submetidas a estudos histomorfométricos usando métodos de análises de imagens. As variáveis analisadas foram as espessuras das túnicas da parede aórtica em três segmentos investigados, compreendendo as porções ascendente torácica; descendente torácica e abdominal, bem como os diâmetros tubulares, em cada porção, e o número médio de lamelas elásticas na túnica média de cada segmento analisado. A parede aórtica do galo doméstico apresenta estrutura predominantemente elástica nas porções torácicas, cujo número relativo de lamelas elásticas decresce gradualmente para a parte abdominal da aorta, onde células musculares lisas predominam. Os diâmetros aórticos decrescem também gradualmente, e progressivamente, da porção torácica ascendente para a porção torácica descendente, e desta para a porção abdominal da aorta.

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Foram estabelecidos segmentos anatomocirúrgicos em pulmöes de ovinos da raça Ideal (dezessete segmentos no pulmäo direito e doze no esquerdo), mediante dissecaçäo de peças coradas com látex colorido e fixadas em formol. Na maioria dos casos, a artéria pulmonar direita emite, a partir de um tronco, o ramo ascendente e descendente para as partes cranial e caudal do lobo cranial respectivamente; o ramo do lobo médio; o ramo do lobo caudal e o ramo do lobo acessório. Invariavelmente, a artéria pulmonar esquerda emite o ramo do lobo cranial e o ramo do lobo caudal

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A circulaçäo pulmonar ou regenerativa näo tem sido investigada na capivara, sendo o seu conhecimento e sistematizaçäo essenciais para o diagnóstico e tratamento clínico-cirúrgico das anomalias cárdio-respiratórias. Através desta pesquisa, padronizou-se a ramificaçäo das artérias pulmonares e verificou-se a correspondência ente a lobaçäo externa e a distribuiçäo arterial no parênquima do órgäo. Neste trabalho, utilizaram-se dez capivaras adultas, sendo oito fêmeas e dois machos, cujos pesos variaram entre 55 e 80Kg. Os animais foram fixados em soluçäo aquosa de formol a 10 por cento durante 72 horas. Em cinco animais, realizou-se injeçäo de látex bi-centrifugado a partir do tronco pulmonar. O pulmäo direito estava constituído por quatro lobos delimitados por fissuras interlobares bem definidas, sendo distintos os lobos: cranial, médio, caudal e o acessório subdividido em duas porçöes: uma medial e outra lateral. Já o pulmäo esquerdo apresentou dois lobos: um cranial e outro caudal. A artéria pulmonar direita emitiu o ramo do lobo cranial que se bifurcava nos ramos ascendente e descendente. A seguir, surgiu o ramo do lobo médio e o ramo do lobo acessório que se subdividiu em ramos lateral e medial. Finalmente, surgiu o ramo do lobo caudal que emitia de sete a 16 ramos arteriais. A artéria pulmonar esquerda emitiu os ramos ascendente e descendente, independentes. Finalmente, continuou como ramo do lobo caudal que emitiu de seis a 14 ramos arteriais

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The aim of this research was to establish the anatomicosurgical segments through lobation and arterial intralobar branching in cats lungs. After dissection of twenty lungs, it was noted that the right pulmonary artery, usually, emits a branch to the cranial lobe and a branch to the middle lobe, arising together from a trunk. A large branch irrigates the caudal lobe in most of the cases. Two branches arising in common origin from the caudal lobe branch irrigate the accessory lobe. The left pulmonary artery originates a trunk that, in most of the cases, emits a branch to the cranial and a branch to the caudal part of the left cranial lobe. It can be concluded that the right lung is formed by four and the left by two lobes, and variations occur in the pulmonary arterial branching

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Estudamos a morfologia dos gânglios celíaco, celiacomesentérico e mesentérico cranial no búfalo. Estes säo responsáveis pela motilidade gastrointestinal, sendo a sua sistematizaçäo essencial à clínica e à cirurgia, além de contribuir para o estabelecimento de uma anatomia funcional comparativa. Para a realizaçäo desta pesquisa, utilizamos 30 fetos de búfalos, sem raça definida, com idades que variaram entre 4 e 10 meses. Injetamos Neoprene Látex 650 na aorta torácica e, a seguir, fixamos os animais em soluçäo aquosa de formol a 10 por cento por um período mínimo de 72 horas. Macroscopicamente, evidenciamos 9 gânglios celíacos, localizados à direita (5) e à esquerda (4) da artéria celíaca. No tocante ao formato desses gânglios, constatamos predominância do tipo retangular (44,4 por cento ñ 16,6). O gânglio mesentérico cranial mostrou-se em 2 casos (6,7por cento), oportunidades em que as suas porçöes direita e esquerda envolviam a artéria mesentérica cranial. Os gânglios celiacomesentéricos foram em número de 30, apresentando diversos arranjos: um gânglio com porçöes direita e esquerda (70 por cento); gânglios independentes (13,33 por cento); gânglio celiacomesentérico direito com uma porçäo mesentérica esquerda (6,7 por cento); gânglio celiacomesentérico esquerdo com uma porçao mesentérica direita (10 por cento). O formato do gânglio celiacomesentérico mostrou-se freqüentemente semilunar (86,7 por cento). As estruturas de conexao do gânglio celiacomesentérico eram: o nervo esplâncnico maior, menor e nervos esplâncnicos lombares. Observamos ramos celíacos oriundos do tronco vagal dorsal e, em 21 casos (70 por cento ñ 8,4), eles eram também provenientes do tronco vagal ventral. Microscopicamente detectamos a presença de massas ganglionares, envolvidas por cápsula delicada de tecido conjuntivo contendo fibras elásticas, colágenas e reticulares

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