Striated muscles and scent glands associated with the vaginal tract of the rabbit

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 486-495

  Martínez Gómez, Margarita ^a,b   Lucio, Rosa Angélica ^a   Carro, Miguel ^a   Pacheco, Pablo ^b,c   Hudson, Robyn ^b,d  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

gross anatomy; pelvic muscles; preputial glands; rabbit; sacral innervation; vaginal tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COPULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCENT GLAND; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VAGINA; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; RABBITS; SCENT GLANDS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030940927     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199704)247:4<486::AID-AR7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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