A new look at the blood supply of the retro-ocular space three-dimensional analysis of the arterial pattern of the posterior ciliary artery

A study of the arterial architecture of the orbit, especially the ophthalmic artery and the course of the posterior ciliary artery in the retroocular space, was carried out in 198 cadavers by three-dimensional arteriographic analysis. The posterior ciliary arteries were classified into three types: lateral posterior ciliary, medial posterior ciliary, and accessory posterior ciliary arteries. Both the lateral and medial posterior ciliary arteries reach the eyeball in three ways: (1) they run antero-inferiorly in a winding course to the posterior margin of the eyeball, then shift upward vertically at a 60–90 degree angle and reach the eyeball, where they divide into several ciliary branches (69%); (2) after a similar course, others branch to the eyeball from the superior side (29.3%); or (3) they reach the eyeball in an almost straight course along the optic nerve (1.7%). The fundamental characteristics of these three types of posterior ciliary artery pattern also exist in subhuman primates. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

视觉假体微电极经眶外侧壁入路植入视神经的应用解剖

目的为经眶外侧壁入路植入视神经视觉假体微电极提供解剖学依据。方法选用经4%甲醛固定及动脉灌注红色乳胶的成人头湿性标本30例,观测眶内眼动脉及相关分支的起始、数量和外径与穿入视神经鞘膜动脉的起始、外径和穿入部位、视神经外径等参数。结果泪腺动脉1～2支,经外直肌上缘上方(3.83±1.43)mm前行。外直肌-视神经间隙的深度为(8.14±0.90)mm,内有睫状短神经5～10条,颞侧睫状后动脉1～2支。穿入视神经鞘膜动脉的方位,内侧20%,上方29.3%,外侧6.7%,下方44%。视网膜中央动脉主要经下方穿入视神经,穿入处距球后(0.85±0.28)cm,该处动脉外径为(0.40±0.09)mm。眼动脉斜跨视神经处远侧端距球后(1.44±0.22)cm。在球后与总腱环中点处,视神经左右径(3.96±0.35)mm,上下径(4.18±0.33)mm。结论宜经眶外侧壁入路植入视神经视觉假体微电极,植入微电极的部位以视神经球后4～8mm处的外侧较好,植入深度应小于1.5mm。     

Microvasculature of the avian eye: Studies on the eye of the duckling with microcorrosion casting,scanning electron microscopy,and stereology

The microvasculature of the eye of the duckling was studied with microcorrosion casting, scanning electron microscopy, and stereology. Most blood to the eyeball first passes through the arterial ophthalmic rete mirabile, a complex of small arteries which intermixes with a similar complex of veins (venous ophthalmic rete mirabile) at the ventrotemporal angle of the eye. The present study reveals the ultrastructural anatomy and the compact, three-dimensional arrangement of vessels in this rete, which had been shown by previous investigators to function as a countercurrent heat exchanger. Vessels from this rete include the supraorbital and infraorbital arteries, which supply the eyeball anteriorly, and the ophthalmotemporal artery, which supplies the eyeball posteriorly. The internal ophthalmic and ethmoidal arteries, branches of the cerebral carotid artery, anastomose with the ophthalmotemporal artery posteriorly. Blood is distributed to the eyeball anteriorly by two ring arteries: the iridial ring artery, which circumscribes the iris and which receives blood from the long ciliary and infraorbital arteries; and the more peripheral, ciliary ring artery, which receives blood mostly from the infraorbital and ethmoidal arteries. Within the iris is a dense, freely anastomosing bed of capillaries which extends to the edge of the pupil and then loops back beneath the ciliary body. The vasculature of the ciliary body consists of radially arranged plates of anastomosing capillaries of irregular bore which mimic the contours of that organ, but permit changes in pupil diameter. The present study demonstrates the three-dimensional anatomy of the very dense capillary net of the choriocapillaris deep to the retina and the capillary mass of the pecten, and thus supports the finding of earlier investigators that nutrients diffusing from these structures nourish the avascular retina. The pecten consists of a pleated sheet of freely anastomosing capillaries which protrudes into the vitreous body from near the optic nerve. The choriocapillaris and the pecten are supplied by branches of the ophthalmotemporal artery: the former by numerous short posterior ciliary arteries, the latter by two or three arteries which further divide into one or two smaller vessels for each of its folds. Veins of the choroid layer at the periphery of the anterior surface of the eyeball, and to some extent on its lateral walls, are revealed by the corrosion-casting technique as unusual, flattened vessels of large caliber which lie in closely spaced parallel arrays. The large surface area thus created may function in heat dissipation. These veins join with others from the choriocapillaris to form a large dorsal and a large ventral posterior ciliary vein. Blood from the pecten and from the choriocapillaris in the nasal, central, and temporal regions of the posterior surface of the eyeball is drained by the ophthalmotemporal vein. Vascular casts of veins are often distinguishable from those of arteries by bore morphology and by the presence of valves, but also by the shapes of endothelial nuclear depressions left in the plastic. The high resolution obtained with the present technique reveals details of microvasculature and of vessel distribution in the avian eye not previously described. Names for some of these vessels are suggested.     

视网膜中央动脉和睫状后动脉的应用解剖

目的：为视神经鞘减压术和视神经周围区手术提供视网膜中央动脉和睫状后动脉的解剖学资料。方法：采用显微解剖学技术对60例成人视网膜中央动脉和睫状后动脉进行观察。结果：（1）视网膜中央动脉多发自眼动脉角（21．7％）,内侧睫状后动脉（20．0％）,眼动脉第一段（19．3）。（2）视网膜中央动脉发起后在视神经下方弯曲前行,其起始部在眶内视神经后1／3段与眼外直肌之间者占85．0％。（3）入鞘点在视神经的正下方者68．3％,内下方者占21．7％,外下方者占10．0％。结论：视网膜中央动脉及睫状后动脉的起点、走行变化较大,视神经鞘减压术和视神经周围区手术时应保护好这些动脉,以免引起视神经等结构缺血。     

Patterns of the circumflex femoral arteries revisited

Knowledge of variations of the circumflex femoral arteries is important when undertaking clinical procedures within the femoral region and in hip joint replacement. Since the 19th century, many different patterns have been proposed to classify their origins. This work studied a statistically reliable sample, the lower limbs of 221 embalmed human cadavers (equal right-left and approximately equal sex distributions), and reviewed the previous literature to propose a unified and simple classification that will be useful to clinicians. Statistical comparisons were made using the chi(2) test. The medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries have been classified into three different patterns based on the levels of their origin. Distribution related to sex and side was also studied. Pattern I: Both arteries arose from the deep femoral artery (346 cases, 78.8%). This pattern was more frequent in females, P = 0.01. There was no significant difference between sides. Type Ia, medial circumflex femoral artery origin was proximal to the lateral circumflex femoral artery origin (53.2%); Type Ib, lateral circumflex femoral artery origin was proximal to medial circumflex femoral artery origin (23.4%); Type Ic, both arteries arose from a common trunk (23.4%). Pattern II: One of the arteries arose from the femoral artery and the other from the deep femoral artery (90 cases, 20.5%). Type IIa, the medial circumflex femoral artery arose from the femoral artery (77.8%) and Type IIb, the lateral circumflex femoral artery arose from the femoral artery (22.2%). There were no significant differences between sexes or sides. Pattern III: Both arteries arose from the femoral artery (2 cases, 0.5%). In every disposition there was a significantly higher prevalence of unilateral rather than bilateral occurrence. In one dissection the medial circumflex femoral artery was absent. Awareness of these variations could avoid unexpected injuries.     

Features of the cerebral and ocular blood flow in patients with different clinical course of myopia

A total of 3 groups of patients aged 16-32 years: 1st-30 patients (60 eyes)--with a stationary myopia of 6.5 to 9.0 D and normal intraocular pressure (IOP); 2nd-23 patients (46 eyes)--with a high degree of progressive myopia and glaucoma with normalized intraocular pressure during instillation azopta included 2 subgroups: subgroup A--14 patients (28 eyes) - with ischemic variant of glaucoma; subgroup B--9 patients (18 eyes)--with dyscirculatory variant of glaucoma; 3rd group (control)--10 somatically healthy individuals of similar age. Results of color Doppler mapping of the main arteries of the brain and the eyeball revealed features: the predominance of the ability of middle cerebral arteries to vasoconstriction combined with reduced blood flow in central retinal artery and short posterior ciliary arteries and cause ischemica variant of glaucoma, slowing blood flow in the vertebrobasilar basin combined with a reduction of venous outflow of the of the eyeball and is accompanied by the development of glaucoma in dyscirculatory variant in patients with myopia of high degree.     

Anatomical variations of the cords of brachial plexus and the median nerve

The variations in formation, location, and courses of the cords of brachial plexus and the median nerve were studied in both axillae of 172 cadavers. The total prevalence of variation was 12.8% (CI, 7.6-17.4) and it was found in 13.2% (CI, 7.5-18) of male and in 10.7% (CI, -0.6-19.6) of female cadavers. These variations were divided into three groups. The first group was abnormal location of the cords, which was either posterolateral or anteromedial in relation to the axillary artery in 2.3% (CI, 0.1-4.5) cadavers. The lateral cord and the medial root of the median nerve had received communicating branches from the posterior cord in most of the cases of this group. The second group was absence of the posterior cord in 3.5% (CI, 0.7-6.1) of cadavers. The lateral and medial cords of this group were connected with the communicating branches, which had a course in front of the axillary artery. The third group was abnormal formation and course of the median nerve in 7% (CI, 3.1-10.6) of cadavers. In all cases of this group the medial root received communicating branch/branches either from the lateral or posterior cord. In eight (4.7%) cadavers, both roots of the median nerve were joined on medial side of the axillary artery to form a median nerve, which traveled medial to the artery. In four (2.3%) cadavers the roots of the median nerve did not join and both traveled separately anteromedial to the axillary and brachial arteries. This study indicates that all three cords and median nerve vary considerably in levels of origin, location and course in relation to the axillary artery and these variable cases were joined with the communicating branch/branches. The observed variations are of anatomical and clinical interest. These kinds of variations are more prone to injury in radical neck dissection and in other surgical operation of the axilla.     

Rare case of high origin of the ulnar artery from the brachial artery

Arterial variations in the arm are numerous and occur at the level of the axillary, brachial, radial, and ulnar arteries as well as in the palmar arches. We report on a high branching site of the ulnar artery. A high branching brachial artery was found in a 72-year-old white female during a dissection course. The brachial region was then dissected carefully and the preparation steps were documented. The axillary artery, after entering the arm, was located posterior to the junction of the two roots of the median nerve, just 2 cm distal to the latter, and divided into the ulnar and the radial arteries. The radial artery was located medial to the median nerve in the arm and approached the lateral side of the arm to reach the cubital fossa. Just distal to its origin, the ulnar artery ran laterally crossing ventral to the median nerve, thereafter supplying the biceps brachii muscle with three branches from a common stem. The ulnar artery then approached the medial side of the arm, crossed ventral to the median nerve again and took its course toward the cubital fossa as usual. This high bifurcation of the brachial artery and the abnormal course of the ulnar artery is of interest to clinicians; in particular vascular and plastic surgeons and radiologists. Clin. Anat. 10:253–258, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss Inc.     

Formation of the ocular arteries in the chick embryo: observations of corrosion casts by scanning electron microscopy

An investigation was carried out on the formation of the blood vessels that supply the optic cup or eyeball in developing chick embryos ranging in age from Hamburger-Hamilton stage 17 (st17) to st44. Corrosion casts of the vasculature were made by injecting resin and examined by scanning electron microscopy. The optic cup was supplied by branches of the cranial ramus of the circle of Willis (CCW) from st17 to st19. By st23, a branch of the CCW and that of the internal carotid artery became anlagen of two ophthalmic arteries, namely, the cerebral ophthalmic artery (COA) and the internal carotid ophthalmic artery (ICOA) respectively. They were continued by primordia of the long posterior ciliary arteries, which connected with each other to form a ring around the pupil. Between stl9 and st26, another branch of the CCW was found, by contrast, to supply the primitive pecten. The distal part of the nasal long posterior ciliary artery began to atrophy at st28, so the temporal long posterior ciliary artery only began to supply the ring artery around the pupil by st30. At the same time, the artery supplying the pecten became anastomosed with the ICOA behind the eyeball to form the definitive pectinate artery. By st30, the ophthalmic branch of the stapedial artery had also formed and connected with the distal part of the ICOA behind the eyeball, as well as with the distal part of the COA by st34. The supraorbital branch of the stapedial artery, which had replaced the CCW to anastomose with the ethmoidal artery by st30, was found to be connected to the COA at st36. The main vascular system supplying the eyeball was complete by st36, and its structure at st40 and st44 was fundamentally similar to that at st36.This paper is dedicated to the late Professor Reiji Hirakow, Department of Anatomy, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan, who died on 21 August 1994.     

视网膜中央动脉对视神经血供关系的研究

采用碳素墨水动脉灌注和苯浸渍透明研究了３０例视网膜中央动脉的起点，经过和分支分布情况。视网膜中央动脉可发自眼动脉，亦可与内侧睫状后短动脉或与外侧睫状后短动脉共干发自眼动脉。按视网膜中央动脉的经过可分为眶内段、鞘内段和神经内段。观察了各段的分支及其与其它动脉分支之间的吻合情况。讨论了视网膜中央动脉对视神经血供关系的生理意义，为眼科临床提供了形态学基础。     

Gross anatomical classification of the courses of the human sublingual artery

The purpose of the present study was to classify the courses of the human sublingual artery. For this purpose, the arteries supplying the floor of the mouth and the tongue were gross anatomically investigated using 101 sides of 53 cadavers. The courses were divided into three categories: those passing medial or lateral to the hyoglossus (categories M and L) and that piercing the mylohyoid (category P); they were subdivided into five types. Category M had one type, regarded as the usual one, in which the lingual artery took the usual pattern of distribution. Categories L and P, in which the sublingual artery arose from the facial or submental artery, had the respective two types and were collectively regarded as the unusual type. Sixty-one and 36 of the 101 sides were of the usual and unusual types, respectively, the latter of which included 17 of category L and 19 of category P. The remaining four were variations of the lingual artery itself. On examining the types by gender, the usual type was more often found in females (75.6 %), whereas the unusual type was more often found in males (48.1 %). Bilateral occurrence of the same type was often found in both the usual type (77.4 %) and the unusual type (65.0 %). Existence of the sublingual artery branch significantly increased the thicknesses of the submental arteries. The classification proposed here will conceivably contribute to safer dental implant surgery and more accurate interpretation of angiographic images of arteries in the floor of the mouth.     

国人延髓动脉的观察

本文观察了110例成人脑标本的延髓外部动脉;采用动脉X线造影法和透明法,在20例人脑标本上观察了延髓内部动脉的形态和供应。将延髓表面分为四区,供应各区的外部动脉可分为相应的4群。前正中群和前外侧群动脉主要来自脊髓前动脉,前正中群动脉供应舌下神经核、内侧丘系及部分锥体束等中缝两侧结构;前外侧群动脉供应大部分锥体束;外侧群动脉来自椎动脉、小脑下后动脉、基底动脉和小脑下前动脉,主要供应网状结构、脊髓丘脑束、三叉神经脊束及核、迷走神经背核等;后群动脉来自脊髓后动脉和小脑下后动脉,主要供应薄、楔束核等。本文还讨论了延髓外侧区的血液供应及“终动脉”等问题。     

老年人内侧膝状体形态、血供和来源动脉的病理学改变

目的 :研究老年人内侧膝状体的形态、毗邻及供血动脉来源、分支、分布和病理改变。方法 :体视及手术显微镜下观察 60～ 80岁年龄的脑内侧膝状体的形态、毗邻和血供情况 ;取内侧膝状体来源动脉 (大脑后动脉 )光镜下观察动脉壁的病理改变情况。结果 :内侧膝状体呈半球形 ,动脉来源于大脑后动脉的分支 ,即丘脑膝状体动脉 ,脉络丛后内、外动脉和丘体动脉 ,每侧有小动脉 ( 6.8± 1 .5 )支 ,大脑后动脉粥样硬化改变者占 88.3 %。结论 :内侧膝状体动脉细小 ,仅由大脑后动脉供血 ,动脉硬化可致小动脉管腔狭窄 ,供血不足 ,可能是老年人听力下降的原因之一。     

人体骶尾骨的动脉供应——骨外部分

本实验用解剖、透明、X线摄片和腐蚀铸型等方法研究了56例不同年龄新鲜尸体的骶尾骨骨外动脉的配布。骶骨的动脉供应主要来自骶外侧动脉、骶中动脉、髂腰动脉和腰最下动脉。骶中动脉、骶外侧动脉及其分支在骶骨腹侧面相互吻合形成骶前格子状动脉吻合网。椎管前支在椎间孔内侧分为升降二支,相邻升降支间在椎体背面相互吻合,两侧升降支间呈横形吻合。在骶椎椎体背侧形成菱形的骶管腹侧动脉网。椎管后支在椎板腹侧面亦分为升降二支,同侧及两侧升降支间在椎板腹侧形成梯状的骶管背侧吻合网。骶外侧动脉的背侧支出骶后孔即分为内侧支、肌支和外侧支。内侧支在骶中嵴两侧分为上下二支,相邻上下支之间形成骶中嵴动脉网。外侧支在骶骨外侧部分为升降二支,亦形成吻合。尾骨腹侧面的动脉来自骶中动脉和骶外侧动脉,背侧面主要由骶外侧动脉的终支供应。尾骨表面的动脉吻合稀少。     

Duplicate testicular veins accompanied by anomalies of the testicular arteries.

Duplicate testicular veins associated with other anomalies of the testicular arteries were observed during dissection of the posterior abdominal wall in a 90-year-old Japanese male cadaver. The right testicular vein was composed of the medial and lateral testicular veins. The medial testicular vein drained into the inferior vena cava, whereas the lateral testicular vein drained into the confluence of the inferior vena cava and right renal vein. Several anastomosing branches were seen between the medial and lateral testicular veins. The left testicular vein was formed after the medial and lateral venous trunks joined and drained into the ipsilateral renal vein. The right testicular artery originated from the anterior surface of the abdominal aorta at the level of the left renal artery, passed posterior to the inferior vena cava, and accompanied the right lateral testicular vein running downwards. The left testicular artery arose from the abdominal aorta at a level of 5 cm below the origin of the right testicular artery, and then ran downwards accompanied by the medial trunk of the left testicular vein.     

展肌上缘动脉弓的分型及其临床意义

目的　对 展肌上缘动脉弓的形成进行分型，为以　展肌上缘动脉弓为蒂逆行足底内侧皮瓣的临床应用提供解剖学基础。 方法 在81例足动脉铸型标本和2只动脉灌注红色乳胶成人新鲜下肢标本上观察　展肌上缘动脉弓的形成、走形与分布。 结果　根据　展肌上缘动脉弓的形成将其分为3型：Ⅰ型.内踝前动脉与跗内侧动脉型：主要由内踝前动脉、跗内侧动脉及其分支形成，占22.9%（19例）。Ⅱ型.足底内侧动脉浅支型：主要由足底内侧动脉浅支及其分支形成，占3.6%（3例）。Ⅲ型.混合型：由足底内侧动脉浅支与内踝前动脉、跗内侧动脉及其分支相互吻合形成。根据吻合形式的不同，又将其分为两个亚型，Ⅲ1型.直接吻合型：内踝前动脉、跗内侧动脉发出后直接与足底内侧动脉浅支及其分支吻合形成，占48.2%（40例）；Ⅲ2型.间接吻合型：内踝前动脉、跗内侧动脉发出后与足底内侧动脉浅支及其分支相互吻合成环形，占24.1%（20例）。 结论　根据　展肌上缘动脉弓形成的不同分为内踝前动脉与跗内侧动脉型、足底内侧动脉浅支型和混合型。其中混合型又分为直接吻合型和间接吻合型两种亚型。     

The arterial supply of the patellar tendon: Anatomical study with clinical implications for knee surgery

The middle‐third of the patellar tendon (PT) is well‐established as a potential graft for cruciate ligament reconstruction, but there is little anatomical basis for its use. Although studies on PT vascular anatomy have focused on the risk to tendon pedicles from surgical approaches and knee pathophysiology, the significance of its blood supply to grafting has not been adequately explored previously. This investigation explores both the intrinsic and extrinsic arterial anatomy of the PT, as relevant to the PT graft. Ten fresh cadaveric lower limbs underwent angiographic injection of the common femoral artery with radio‐opaque lead oxide. Each tendon was carefully dissected, underwent plain radiography and subsequently schematically reconstructed. The PT demonstrated a well‐developed and consistent vascularity from three main sources: antero‐proximally, mainly by the inferior‐lateral genicular artery; antero‐distally via a choke‐anastomotic arch between the anterior tibial recurrent and inferior medial genicular arteries; and posteriorly via the retro‐patellar anastomotic arch in Hoffa's fat pad. Two patterns of pedicles formed this arch: inferior‐lateral and descending genicular arteries (Type‐I); superior‐lateral, inferior‐lateral, and superior‐medial genicular arteries (Type‐II). Both types supplied the posterior PT, with the majority of vessels descending to its middle‐third. The middle‐third PT has a richer intrinsic vascularity, which may enhance its ingrowth as a graft, and supports its conventional use in cruciate ligament reconstruction. The pedicles supplying the PT are endangered during procedures where Hoffa's fat pad is removed including certain techniques of PT harvest and total knee arthroplasty. Clin. Anat. 22:371–376, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.     

内踝区动脉网的显微解剖与隐神经营养血管远端蒂皮瓣的设计

目的：为隐神经营养血管远端蒂皮瓣设计提出解剖学依据。方法：30侧经动脉灌注红色乳胶成年下肢标本，解剖观测内踝区动脉来源、分支、分布及吻合。结果：内踝区动脉有9个来源，构成3条纵向的血管网：(1)内踝前动脉和踝上支的前纵向血管网；(2)骨皮穿支的中纵向血管网；(3)胫后动脉肌间隙支和踝管动脉穿支的后纵向血管网。形成3个层面的血管网：(1)骨膜血管网；(2)深筋膜血管网；(3)皮神经浅静脉血管网。内踝区骨膜、筋膜、大隐静脉、隐神经和皮肤的营养血管同源。结论：内踝区血供来源为多源性，有明显的方向性，吻合十分丰富，可以设计3种包含浅深筋膜、皮神经、浅静脉及其营养血管的小腿内侧远端蒂皮瓣：(1)以胫后动脉肌间隙支为蒂，旋转轴点在内踝最凸出点上3cm；(2)以内踝前动脉筋膜穿支为蒂；(3)以踝管区动脉穿支为蒂，旋转轴点在内踝最凸出点平面。     

鼻内镜下泪囊鼻腔吻合术的解剖学基础

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