The Morphogenesis of the Arteries of the Pelvic Extremity: A Comparative Study of Mammals with special Reference to the Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri (Tupaiidae, Scandentia, Mammalia) / Edition 1

by Carolin Funke, Hans-Jörg Kuhn

Overview

The monograph describes the embryonic development of the arteries of a primitive mammal, the tree-shrew Tupaia belangeri, explains the variability among other mammals on the basis of a common developmental pattern, and establishes reliable criteria for the comparison of data published in the literature.
Some abnormalities of the arterial system of adult individuals can be interpreted as retentions of a state that normally occurs only during early embryology. Since, for example, the teratogen thalidomide primarily affects the anlagen of the blood vessels and only secondarily the development of the complete limb, it is impossible to understand the normal development of limbs as as well as limb malformations without considering the morphogenesis of their blood vessels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540647065
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	10/30/1998
Series:	Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology , #144
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Pages:	97
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Materials and Methods.- 3 Results.- 3.1 The 17-Day Embryo.- 3.2 The 18-Day Embryo.- 3.3 The 19-Day Embryo.- 3.4 The 20-Day Embryo.- 3.5 The 21-Day Embryo.- 3.6 The 22-Day Embryo.- 3.7 The 23-Day Embryo.- 3.8 The 24-Day Embryo.- 3.9 The 25-Day Embryo.- 3.10 The 26-Day Embryo.- 3.11 The 27-Day Embryo.- 3.12 The 30-Day Embryo.- 3.13 The 35-Day Embryo.- 3.14 The 36 1/2-Day Embryo.- 3.15 The 40-Day Embryo.- 3.16 The 41-Day Embryo.- 3.17 The 42-Day Embryo.- 3.18 The Adult Tupaia belangen.- 4 Discussion.- 4.1 The Ontogeny of the Arteries of the Pelvic Extremity.- 4.2 Terminological Problems.- 4.3 Comparative Discussion of the Arterial System of the Pelvic Extremity.- 5 Summary.- References.