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Anatomical Variations in the Aortic Bifurcation in New Zealand White Rabbits on Arteriography
Authors:Maria Teresa Balastegui  Juan José Ramos‐Plá  Maria Dolores Ferrer‐Puchol  Jose Maria Carrillo  Sergio Pedro Monteagudo‐Franco  Enrique Esteban  Fernando Liste
Affiliation:1. Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University CEU‐Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain;2. Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Douglas, Queensland, Australia;3. Department of Radiology, La Ribera Hospital, Carretera de Corbera, Valencia, Spain;4. Department of Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid, Spain
Abstract:The radiologic anatomy of the aortic bifurcation in the rabbit has received little study but it is important as this anatomical area is widely used in atherosclerosis research. Thirty rabbits were used to study the aortic bifurcation and subsequent branching patterns on arteriography. Fifteen different arteries were identified. Mean arterial diameters of 2.88 ± 0.7 and 2.27 ± 0.55 mm were obtained for the aorta and external iliac arteries, respectively. The cranial and middle aspects at the seventh lumbar vertebra (L7) were the most frequent anatomical landmarks (53.3% of the cases) for aortic and common iliac bifurcations, respectively. The caudal aspect of L6 was the most frequent origin (50% of the cases) for the median sacral artery. Deep circumflex iliac arteries originated from common iliac arteries and not the abdominal aorta in the rabbit, showing anatomical asymmetry in 73.3% of the cases. No gender disparity was found in the anatomical location of any of the arteries of the study. Knowledge of normal vascular landmarks for the aortic bifurcation as well as anatomical variations should be helpful to future experimental studies. Anat Rec, 297:663–669, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords:arteriographic anatomy  rabbit  aortic bifurcation  iliac artery
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