Origin and regional distribution of the arterial vessels of the vomeronasal organ in the sheep. A methodological investigation with scanning electron microscopy and cutting-grinding technique

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Salazar, Ignacio ^a   Lombardero, Matilde ^a   Sánchez Quinteiro, Pablo ^a   Roel, Paula ^a   Cifuentes, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Small ruminants; Topography; Vomeronasal arteries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031898832     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(98)80023-X     Document Type: Article

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