Anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab-eating raccoon kidney (Procyon cancrivorus)

Crab-eating raccoon is a middle-sized animal with a long tail, which is yellowish and has a black and ornate tip, presenting from 5 to 10 dark and yellow rings. The specimens live in equatorial and tropical forests, always close to rivers, swamps, marshes, and mangroves. Two specimens of Procyon can...

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Main Authors: Natane Barbosa Barcelos, Émelin Alves dos Santos, Carla Helrigle, Kleber Fernando Pereira
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2012-06-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume252/139a147.pdf
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author Natane Barbosa Barcelos
Émelin Alves dos Santos
Carla Helrigle
Kleber Fernando Pereira
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Émelin Alves dos Santos
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description Crab-eating raccoon is a middle-sized animal with a long tail, which is yellowish and has a black and ornate tip, presenting from 5 to 10 dark and yellow rings. The specimens live in equatorial and tropical forests, always close to rivers, swamps, marshes, and mangroves. Two specimens of Procyon cancrivorus were used, both killed by accident and, later on, sent to the Anatomy Laboratory of Universidade Federal de Goias (UFG), in the Jatai campus, where, starting from the renal arteries, the arterial segments were dissected with the aid of a stereoscopic microscope. As a result, the renal arteries were always viewed in a single manner, bifurcating into dorsal and ventral segments, subdivided into ventro-cranial, ventro-medial-cranial, ventro-medial, ventromedial-caudal, ventro-caudal, dorso-cranial, dorso-medial-cranial, dorso-medial, dorso-medial-caudal, and dorso-caudal segments, also observed in rabbit, agouti, wild boar, and ovines. This study showed an arterial distribution pattern which is also identified in the right and left kidneys, the penetration site of renal arteries coincide with the findings in mouse and differ from those in rat, golden hamster, and agouti. According to the distribution and arrangement, the renal morphology of Procyon cancrivorus is similar to that found in pets and wild animals. The recognition of renal artery branches shows to be highly relevant both for surgical interventions and future investigations which enhance the knowledge on this species.
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spelling doaj.art-7149dbe89d0244cf8b50a0d6ac444e4a2022-12-21T17:43:59ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBiotemas0103-16432012-06-01252139147Anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab-eating raccoon kidney (Procyon cancrivorus)Natane Barbosa BarcelosÉmelin Alves dos SantosCarla HelrigleKleber Fernando PereiraCrab-eating raccoon is a middle-sized animal with a long tail, which is yellowish and has a black and ornate tip, presenting from 5 to 10 dark and yellow rings. The specimens live in equatorial and tropical forests, always close to rivers, swamps, marshes, and mangroves. Two specimens of Procyon cancrivorus were used, both killed by accident and, later on, sent to the Anatomy Laboratory of Universidade Federal de Goias (UFG), in the Jatai campus, where, starting from the renal arteries, the arterial segments were dissected with the aid of a stereoscopic microscope. As a result, the renal arteries were always viewed in a single manner, bifurcating into dorsal and ventral segments, subdivided into ventro-cranial, ventro-medial-cranial, ventro-medial, ventromedial-caudal, ventro-caudal, dorso-cranial, dorso-medial-cranial, dorso-medial, dorso-medial-caudal, and dorso-caudal segments, also observed in rabbit, agouti, wild boar, and ovines. This study showed an arterial distribution pattern which is also identified in the right and left kidneys, the penetration site of renal arteries coincide with the findings in mouse and differ from those in rat, golden hamster, and agouti. According to the distribution and arrangement, the renal morphology of Procyon cancrivorus is similar to that found in pets and wild animals. The recognition of renal artery branches shows to be highly relevant both for surgical interventions and future investigations which enhance the knowledge on this species.http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume252/139a147.pdfArterial segmentsKidneyProcyon cancrivorus
spellingShingle Natane Barbosa Barcelos
Émelin Alves dos Santos
Carla Helrigle
Kleber Fernando Pereira
Anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab-eating raccoon kidney (Procyon cancrivorus)
Biotemas
Arterial segments
Kidney
Procyon cancrivorus
title Anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab-eating raccoon kidney (Procyon cancrivorus)
title_full Anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab-eating raccoon kidney (Procyon cancrivorus)
title_fullStr Anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab-eating raccoon kidney (Procyon cancrivorus)
title_full_unstemmed Anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab-eating raccoon kidney (Procyon cancrivorus)
title_short Anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab-eating raccoon kidney (Procyon cancrivorus)
title_sort anatomical description of arterial segments in the crab eating raccoon kidney procyon cancrivorus
topic Arterial segments
Kidney
Procyon cancrivorus
url http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume252/139a147.pdf
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