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Absence of carotid rete mirabile in small tropical ruminants: implications for the evolution of the arterial system in artiodactyls

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: The intracranial carotid rete (or rete mirabile epidurale) is a unique blood vascular system supplying the brain of artiodactyls, which have either an involuted or no internal carotid artery. Although the lesser and greater mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus and T. napu, respectively) are ruminants, the rete mirabile epidurale is absent. In these animals, as in non-artiodactyls, such as canines, equines and humans, the complete internal carotid artery supplies the brain. It is currently uncertain whether the absence of the rete is confined to mouse deer among ruminants. The absence of the rete in mouse deer provides new insights into the evolution of the arterial system in artiodactyls.

Source: Journal of Anatomy

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00667.x

Authors: Katsuhiro Fukuta, Hiroshi Kudo, Motoki Sasaki, Junpei Kimura, Dahlan bin Ismail, Hideki Endo

Institutions: Nagoya University, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Kyoto University

Language: English

Topic: Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies

Subfield: Anatomy

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2042849522

FWCI: 2.81

Cites: 22

Cited by: 43

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