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Year 2012 - Volume 32, Number 12
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Anatomical and radiographic appearance of the capuchin monkey thoracic cavity (Cebus apella), 32(12):1345-1350
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ABSTRACT.- Alves F.R., Costa F.B., Machado P.P., Diniz A.N., Araújo A.V.C., Ambrósio C.E. & Guerra P.C. 2012. Anatomical and radiographic appearance of the capuchin monkey thoracic cavity (Cebus apella). Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 32(12):1345-1350. Setor de Diagnóstico por Imagem, Curso de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Universitário Ministro Petrônio Portella, Bairro Ininga, Teresina, PI 64049-550, Brazil. E-mail: flavioribeiro@ufpi.edu.br
The capuchin monkey is widespread both north and south of the Legal Amazon and in the Brazilian cerrado. Ten clinically healthy capuchin monkeys were submitted to an anatomical and radiographic study of their thoracic cavities. The radiographic evaluation allowed the description of biometric values associated with the cardiac silhouette and thoracic structures. Application of the VHS (vertebral heart size) method showed positive correlation (P<0.05) with depth of the thoracic cavity, as well as between the body length of vertebrae T3, T4, T5 and T6 and the cardiac length and width. The lung fields showed a diffuse interstitial pattern, more visible in the caudal lung lobes and a bronchial pattern in the middle and cranial lung lobes. The radiographic examination allowed preliminary inferences to be made concerning the syntopy of the thoracic structures and modification of the pulmonary patterns and cardiac anatomy for the capuchin monkey. |
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