The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods

Background. The shape and the size are important basic characteristics of organs. Recently among other morphological methods a new approach of investigations of variety of shapes of morphological objects - geometric morphometry becomes more popular. This is a unique analytical tool that allows evalu...

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Main Author: Voloshina I.S.
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Language:Russian
Published: Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy 2014-03-01
Series:Морфологія
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Online Access:http://www.morphology.dp.ua/_pub/MORPHO-2014-08-01/14vispss.pdf
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description Background. The shape and the size are important basic characteristics of organs. Recently among other morphological methods a new approach of investigations of variety of shapes of morphological objects - geometric morphometry becomes more popular. This is a unique analytical tool that allows evaluating a variety of forms completely eliminating the influence of the size factor. With the help of tpsUtil utility we obtained files of photos of seminal vesicles with the extension .tps. Homologous tags-landmarks of total number 12 were positioned on the longitudinal axis of the body using screen digitizer tpsDig2. Marks were placed twice to obtain the scale of possible bias of intergroup morphological differences. The cluster analysis of the shape of seminal vesicles was made with the help of PAST program. Objective. The аim of this study was to determine the morphological variability of a seminal vesicles of adult rats in a late periods after inhalation exposure of toluene by using the methods of geometric morphometry. Methods. Sixty male laboratory albino rats were obtained from Lugansk State Medical University Laboratories (Lugansk, Ukraine). When received, the subjects were 12 months of age and weighed 130-150 g. The test animals were exposed to target concentrations of 0 (air control) and 500 mg/m3 of toluene air for 5 hours/day, 5 days/week, for 2 month. Results. In our investigation the graphic images of analysis of a principal components of all the configurations of rat seminal vesicles in control and experimental series were created together with a dendrogramms of seminal vesicle shapes distribution. Conclusions. Under inhalation exposure of toluene on adult rats there were obtained 5 clusters of seminal vesicles shapes, characterized by the change in a body of organ, different correlations "body-hook" and varying degrees of severity of the hook of seminal vesicle. Citation: Voloshina IS. [The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods]. Morphologia. 2014;8(1):21-5. Ukrainian.
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spelling doaj.art-f0f1e147b35e4fd78ee2087b9b02593c2022-12-21T23:37:16ZrusMinistry of Health of Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk Medical AcademyМорфологія1997-96652014-03-01812125The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methodsVoloshina I.S.0State establishment "Lugansk State Medical University"Background. The shape and the size are important basic characteristics of organs. Recently among other morphological methods a new approach of investigations of variety of shapes of morphological objects - geometric morphometry becomes more popular. This is a unique analytical tool that allows evaluating a variety of forms completely eliminating the influence of the size factor. With the help of tpsUtil utility we obtained files of photos of seminal vesicles with the extension .tps. Homologous tags-landmarks of total number 12 were positioned on the longitudinal axis of the body using screen digitizer tpsDig2. Marks were placed twice to obtain the scale of possible bias of intergroup morphological differences. The cluster analysis of the shape of seminal vesicles was made with the help of PAST program. Objective. The аim of this study was to determine the morphological variability of a seminal vesicles of adult rats in a late periods after inhalation exposure of toluene by using the methods of geometric morphometry. Methods. Sixty male laboratory albino rats were obtained from Lugansk State Medical University Laboratories (Lugansk, Ukraine). When received, the subjects were 12 months of age and weighed 130-150 g. The test animals were exposed to target concentrations of 0 (air control) and 500 mg/m3 of toluene air for 5 hours/day, 5 days/week, for 2 month. Results. In our investigation the graphic images of analysis of a principal components of all the configurations of rat seminal vesicles in control and experimental series were created together with a dendrogramms of seminal vesicle shapes distribution. Conclusions. Under inhalation exposure of toluene on adult rats there were obtained 5 clusters of seminal vesicles shapes, characterized by the change in a body of organ, different correlations "body-hook" and varying degrees of severity of the hook of seminal vesicle. Citation: Voloshina IS. [The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods]. Morphologia. 2014;8(1):21-5. Ukrainian.http://www.morphology.dp.ua/_pub/MORPHO-2014-08-01/14vispss.pdfseminal vesiclesgeometric morphometryrat
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The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods
Морфологія
seminal vesicles
geometric morphometry
rat
title The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods
title_full The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods
title_fullStr The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods
title_full_unstemmed The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods
title_short The assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods
title_sort assessment of morphological variability of the seminal vesicles of adult rats with the help of a geometrical morphometry methods
topic seminal vesicles
geometric morphometry
rat
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