CORTICAL BRANCHES OF THE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY IN EUROPEAN BADGER (Meles meles)

Authors

  • Benedykt Skoczylas
  • Witold Brudnicki
  • Krzysztof Kirkiłło-Stacewicz
  • Włodzimierz Nowicki
  • Jan Wach

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26873/SVR-549-2020

Abstract

The pattern and variation of the cortical branches of the middle cerebral artery in European badger were studied for 64 cerebral hemispheres. It was found that the artery bifurcates into splits into ten permanent branches. Two olfactory arteries supply the area of the brain situated on the border between the old and the new cortex. The other eight branches get divided into three branches heading for the frontal region, two branches – to the parietal region and three temporal branches which supply only the new cortex. The frontal, parietal and temporal branches descended independently from the main trunk of the middle cerebral artery or formed a common trunk first. Common trunks for respective groups of branches have been described as the rostral, dorsal and caudal middle cerebral artery. The rostral olfactory artery in 6.3% of the cases investigated was an independent branch from the rostral cerebral artery.

Key words: arteries; brain; European badger

KORTIKALNE VEJE SREDNJE MOŽGANSKE ARTERIJE PRI EVROPSKEM JAZBECU  (Meles meles)

Povzetek: Vzorec in razlike v razvejanosti kortikalnih vej srednje možganske arterije smo preučevali v 64 možganskih poloblah evropskega jazbeca. Ugotovili smo, da se glavna arterija razdeli na deset vedno prisotnih vej. Dve vohalni arteriji oskrbujeta območje možganov, ki se nahaja na meji med področjem neokorteksa in starejšega dela skorje možgan. Preostalih osem vej se deli na tri veje, ki se usmerijo v čelno področje, dve veji usmerjeni v parietalno področje in tri senčnične veje, ki oskrbujejo področje neokorteksa. Čelne, parietalne in temporalne veje se spustijo neodvisno od glavnega debla srednje možganske arterije, ali pa najprej oblikujejo skupno deblo. Običajna debla za posamezne skupine vej so opisana kot rostralna, dorzalna in kavdalna srednja možganska arterija. Rostralna vohalna arterija je bila v 6,3 odstotkih preiskovanih primerov neodvisna od rostralne možganske arterije.

Ključne besede: arterije; možgani; evropski jazbec

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2020-07-10

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Skoczylas, B., Brudnicki, W., Kirkiłło-Stacewicz, K., Nowicki, W., & Wach, J. (2020). CORTICAL BRANCHES OF THE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY IN EUROPEAN BADGER (Meles meles). Slovenian Veterinary Research, 57(2). https://doi.org/10.26873/SVR-549-2020

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