Some segmental structural features of the aortic wall of domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus)

Authors

  • Josiane Medeiros de Mello Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Departamento de Anatomia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Cascavel, PR
  • Antonio Marcos Orsi Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Anatomia, Botucatu, SP
  • Carlos Roberto Padovani Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Bioestatística, Botucatu, SP
  • Selma Maria Michelin Matheus Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Anatomia, Botucatu, SP
  • Márcia Miranda Torrejais Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Departamento de Anatomia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Cascavel, PR
  • Antonio Augusto Coppi Maciel Ribeiro Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Cirurgia, São Paulo, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-95962003000900001

Keywords:

Aortic wall, Structure, Microscopy, Histophysiology, Domestic chicken

Abstract

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.

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Published

2003-01-01

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How to Cite

Some segmental structural features of the aortic wall of domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus). (2003). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 40(supl.), 163-169. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-95962003000900001