Artículos de revistas
Anatomia microscópica e ultraestrutura do joelho da paca (Cuniculus paca Linnaeus, 1766)
Fecha
2017-09-01Registro en:
Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira, v. 37, n. 9, p. 995-1001, 2017.
1678-5150
0100-736X
10.1590/s0100-736x2017000900016
S0100-736X2017000900995
2-s2.0-85037598035
S0100-736X2017000900995.pdf
9956383349362446
0000-0002-0255-2971
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Faculdade Ingá (Uningá)
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
Institución
Resumen
Paca (Cuniculus paca), one of the largest rodent of the Brazilian fauna, has characteristics inherent to the species that can contribute as a new experimental animal; so, considering that there is a growing search for experimental models suitable for orthopedic and surgical research, it was analyzed and described in detail the microscopic and ultrastructural anatomy of the stifle in this rodent. The collateral ligaments are composed of bundles of collagen fibers arranged in parallel and in wavy path. Fibroblasts formed parallel rows to the collagen fibers; concerning the collateral ligaments, they presented imperceptible cytoplasm at light microscopy, but at ultrastructure analysis they presented several cytoplasmic processes. At the microscopic level, the stifle of paca resembles the domestic animals, rodents and lagomorphs.