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The crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) is a canid widely distributed throughout South America, considered the only representative of the gender. There is a lack of information about anatomical aspects of the species, mainly regarded of nervous system anatomy. For clinical and surgical approaches of these animals, the domestic dog is adopted as anatomophysiological model. So, the aim of the present study was to analyse origin and branches of the phrenic nerve in the diaphragm of crab-eating fox compared to domestic dog. Four specimens of Cerdocyon thous and four of Canis lupus familiaris were used. The phrenic nerve originated from the ventral branches of the fifth (C5), sixth (C6) and seventh (C7) cervical spinal nerves. Phrenic nerves were distributed in the diaphragm as lumbocostal trunk and sternal branch (100%) in the crab-eating fox, and in costosternal trunk and lumbar branch (75%) and lumbocostal trunk and sternal branch (25%) in the domestic dog. In both species, the lumbar branch innervates the diaphragm pillars, the costal branch addresses all costal region, and the sternal branch distributes in the costal ventrolateral region and the sternal part of the diaphragm, to the left and to the right.

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Objetivou-se com este trabalho identificar a origem, composição e os nervos do plexo braquial de tamanduá-mirim. Dois cadáveres foram cedidos pelo Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres (CETAS) Chico Mendes, Salvador, Bahia e a execução do projeto foi autorizada pelo Sistema de Autorização e Informação em Biodiversidade (SISBIO - IBAMA) n°20268-1 (29/05/2009). Os resultados foram descritos, esquematizados e fotografados, e os termos anatômicos adotados foram os preconizados pelo International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. O plexo braquial recebeu contribuição dos segmentos medulares C5; C6; C7; C8 e T1, com a formação de três troncos: cranial (C5 e C6), médio (C7) e caudal (C8 e T1) que originaram os nervos derivados do plexo, com exceção do nervo cutâneo medial do antebraço que teve origem unissegmentar (T1). O plexo braquial de tamanduá-mirim apresentou origem, composição e formação dos nervos periféricos semelhantes ao observado em grande parte de outros mamíferos domésticos e silvestres.

The aim of this study was to identify the origin, composition and the nerves from the brachial plexus of the lesser anteater. Two cadavers were given by the Wild Animals Screening Center (CETAS Chico Mendes), Salvador city, Brazil and the execution of the project was authorized by the System of Authorization and Information in Biodiversity (SISBIO – IBAMA) n°20268-1 (29/05/2009). The results were described, schematized and photographed, and the anatomic terms adopted were the ones recommended by the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. The brachial plexus received contribution from the spinal cord segments C5; C6; C7; C8 and T1 with the formation of three trunks: cranial (C5 and C6), median (C7) and caudal (C8 and T1) which originated the nerves derived from the plexus, except the antebrachial medial cutaneous nerve that was of a monosegmental origin. The brachial plexus of the lesser anteater presented origin, composition and formation of peripheral nerves similar to the observed in several other domestic and wild mammals.

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Objetivou-se com este trabalho identificar a origem, composição e os nervos do plexo braquial de tamanduá-mirim. Dois cadáveres foram cedidos pelo Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres (CETAS) Chico Mendes, Salvador, Bahia e a execução do projeto foi autorizada pelo Sistema de Autorização e Informação em Biodiversidade (SISBIO - IBAMA) n°20268-1 (29/05/2009). Os resultados foram descritos, esquematizados e fotografados, e os termos anatômicos adotados foram os preconizados pelo International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. O plexo braquial recebeu contribuição dos segmentos medulares C5; C6; C7; C8 e T1, com a formação de três troncos: cranial (C5 e C6), médio (C7) e caudal (C8 e T1) que originaram os nervos derivados do plexo, com exceção do nervo cutâneo medial do antebraço que teve origem unissegmentar (T1). O plexo braquial de tamanduá-mirim apresentou origem, composição e formação dos nervos periféricos semelhantes ao observado em grande parte de outros mamíferos domésticos e silvestres.(AU)

The aim of this study was to identify the origin, composition and the nerves from the brachial plexus of the lesser anteater. Two cadavers were given by the Wild Animals Screening Center (CETAS Chico Mendes), Salvador city, Brazil and the execution of the project was authorized by the System of Authorization and Information in Biodiversity (SISBIO IBAMA) n°20268-1 (29/05/2009). The results were described, schematized and photographed, and the anatomic terms adopted were the ones recommended by the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. The brachial plexus received contribution from the spinal cord segments C5; C6; C7; C8 and T1 with the formation of three trunks: cranial (C5 and C6), median (C7) and caudal (C8 and T1) which originated the nerves derived from the plexus, except the antebrachial medial cutaneous nerve that was of a monosegmental origin. The brachial plexus of the lesser anteater presented origin, composition and formation of peripheral nerves similar to the observed in several other domestic and wild mammals.(AU)

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