Some anatomical studies on the pelvic limb of the domestic cat / Basma Abdelrady Mohamed Abdelmohsen ; Supervised Fouad Mohamed Mohamed Farag , Samer Mohamed Hamad , Ramadan Gomaa Salman Sary

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Anatomy & Embryolog

The purposes of this study were to describe the anatomical structures of the pelvic sidewall and pelvic limb of the cat by using the cross-sectional anatomy (CSA) and computed tomography (CT) scan. In this study we used adult twenty-four domestic Baladi cats of both sexes with average age ranged between two to five years and body weight between 3.5 to 4.5 kg. The different anatomical structures of the pelvic sidewall and pelvic limb were identified in the frozen fixed sections. The study created a single section in caudal abdominal region, eight cross sections in the pelvic sidewall and seventeen cross sections in the pelvic limb of the cat with the concurrent CT images. The sections aimed to demonstrate the bones, muscles, and tendons of the limb and focused on the regional differences. The sections included the pelvic wall, thigh, shank (leg) and metatarsal regions. Each of these regions was sectioned on a proximal, middle, and distal level. The selected slices wereeight in the pelvic sidewall, three in the thigh, five in the stifle joint, four in the leg (shank), two through the tarsus and lastly three in the metatarsus (foot).The CT images were compared with the corresponding sections at the same levels and selected for their identity, photographed, and the relevant anatomical structures were spotted on the transverse slices and labelled with the similar structures on the matching CT images

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