Angioarchitecture of the bovine spermatic cord

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-502

  Polguj, Michał ^a   Jȩdrzejewski, Kazimierz S ^a   Topol, Mirosław ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angioarchitecture; Bovine testis; Spermatic cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CATTLE; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASA VASORUM; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CAPILLARIES; CATTLE; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; VASA VASORUM; VEINS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 79952504650     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10929     Document Type: Article

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