Course and branch of the celiac artery in the red falcon (Buteo rufinus)

A. Haligur and A. Duzler
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A. Haligur: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey
A. Duzler: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Veterinární medicína, 2010, vol. 55, issue 2, 79-86

Abstract: The present study was aimed at determining the origin, course and distribution of the celiac artery in eight adult red falcons, using a latex injection and dissection method. The celiac artery was ascertained to originate from the aorta at the level of the last 2-3 costae. The celiac artery was determined to split into two main branches, namely, left branch of the celiac artery and right branch of the celiac artery, in between the proventriculus and gizzard, and in the proximity of the lien. Prior to the indicated bifurcation, the celiac artery was observed to give off an esophageal artery and superior proventricular artery. In seven of the red falcons examined, splenic arteries, varying from two to four in number, were determined to spring from the celiac artery. Both the left and right hepatic arteries were ascertained to stem from the left branch of the celiac artery. The terminal branch of the left branch of the celiac artery, namely, the left gastric artery, was determined to have a fan-like distribution to the left surface of the gaster. The artery of the gall bladder was demonstrated to emanate from the left branch of the celiac artery in all of the red falcons examined, excluding one. The right branch of the celiac artery was determined to ramify into its terminal branches, namely, the right inferior gastric artery, ileocecal artery, pancreaticoduodenal artery, duodenojejunal artery and gastroduodenal artery, in the proximity of the pylorus which constitutes the gastro-duodenal passage.

Keywords: macroanatomy; ramification; celiac artery; long legged buzzard (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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