Title
Anatomía macroscópica, irrigación y drenaje venoso del aparato reproductor femenino de la llama (Lama glama)
Other title
Macroscopic anatomy, irrigation and venous drainage of female reproductive apparatus of llama (Lama glama)
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The anatomical description of the reproductive tract of the female llama was studied in four animals. Macroscopically, the reproductive system is morphologically similar to the cow. However, the difference is the absence of intercornual ligament and cotyledons, and the presence of an intercornual septum, as in the alpaca. The distribution of the arteries and veins that irrigated and drained the blood to and from the pelvic cavity and reproductive system presented a vascular distribution almost equal to the ruminant's pattern and then, they followed a pattern similar to that on the equine. At the reproductive system level, blood vessels adopted a totally different pattern from those described for domestic species. Some arteries had never been described such as the caudal vaginal artery, medium vesical artery, cranial vaginal artery, dorsal uterine artery with its lateral and medial branches, and the arch cervical artery. Each artery had the corresponding satellite vein. The left uterine horn presented a better irrigation as the right uterine artery send its medial right branch to the left side of the reproductive system; moreover, the arch cervical artery established communication between the left and right uterine arteries through the cervix ventral surface. This artery could emerge from the uterine artery itself as well as from its medial branch.
Start page
1
End page
8
Volume
22
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología reproductiva
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84859527062
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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