ISSN:
1573-7446
Keywords:
cattle
;
laminae
;
musculature
;
omasum
;
sheep
;
stomach
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The muscular architecture of the bovine omasal laminae was examined. The omasal laminae had three thin smooth muscle layers which consisted of an intermediate layer and two lateral layers. The muscle bundles of the intermediate layers ran radially in the laminae and those of the two lateral layers ran parallel to the free border of the laminae. At the free border, three types of the muscular architecture were observed. In a histological study, the muscle bundles of the intermediate layer penetrated into the connective tissue around the smooth muscle fasciculi of the inner layer of the tunica muscularis of the omasal wall and attached to the bundles of both the inner layer and of the outer layer of the tunica muscularis. These results indicate that a re-evaluation of the muscular architecture in the omasal laminae is required to facilitate better understanding of the omasal morphology and physiology.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00430028
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