Inervation and vascularization of the stomatognathic system in dogs and cats: surgical view.

Author(s)

Cristina España de Albuquerque

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD)
• Defense date: 2005-12-19

Examining board members

Marco Antonio Gioso; Léslie Maria Domingues Falqueiro; Arani Nanci Bomfim Mariana

• Advisor: Marco Antonio Gioso

Abstract

The knowledge of the anatomy of the stomatognathic system is important to accomplish any diagnosis and treatment appropriately. For that is necessary the knowledge of the tegumentar, bony, muscular, vascular, nervous and dental components. However, any specific and exclusive literature about stomatognathic system of dogs and cats are not existent. Consequently, it is needed to search this information in the books of veterinary anatomy, hindering a fast and objective consultation. It is therefore important to accomplish a work on oral anatomy of dogs and cats for the veterinary dentistry based on the oral human anatomical literature. Therefore, the aim is to detail the vascularization and the enervation of the stomatognathic system of dogs and cats, enlarging and enriching the knowledge of these systems, describing and illustrating these structures, and correlating this knowledge with the clinical-surgical procedures, emphasizing the points of larger relevance for the development of the specialty. The illustrations were made with heads of dogs and cats prepared with injection of latex-neoprene in the sanguine vascular system and intra-muscular injection of formalin 10% solution and had the structures identified according to the surgical necessities. (AU)