Morphological aspects of pancreas and its arterial vascularization in ostrich (Struthio camellus)

• Grant number: 06/00644-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2006
• End date: May 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Morphology - Anatomy
• Principal Investigator: Wilson Machado de Souza
• Grantee: Rogério Carvalho Perez
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FOA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araçatuba. Araçatuba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this study 30 pancreas of ostrich (Struthio camellus), adults, males and females, will be analyzed. They will be collected in slaughterhouse, preserving the arterial vases destined to this gland. After that, these organs will be dissected and identified arterial vascular distribution and finally schematized and photographed. The results will be tabulated and in agreement the vascular behavior, the pancreas will be divided in its diverse lobes.