A preliminary anatomical study on carotid body of Makouei sheep

The carotid is a small mass of chemoreceptor's and sustentacular cells that detects changes in the composition of the arterial blood. The aim of the present study was to identify the size, color, location, blood and nerve supply of the carotid body in Makouei sheep. Fourteen heads of sheep from...

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Main Authors: Gholamreza Najafi, Farhad Soltanalinejad, Hamed Hasanzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urmia University 2013-06-01
Series:Veterinary Research Forum
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Online Access:http://www.urmia.ac.ir/vrf/Shared%20Documents/pdf/vol-4%20no-2/129-131-0209.pdf