Publikationsdatenbank

Uterus duplex bicollis, Vagina simplex in laboratory Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus), rats (Rattus norvegicus forma domestica) and mice (Mus musculus forma domestica) (2019)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Bertram, Christof A. (WE 12)

Klopfleisch, Robert (WE 12)

Erickson, Nancy A. (WE 11)

Müller, Kerstin (WE 20)

Quelle

Anatomia, histologia, embryologia

Bandzählung: 48

Heftzählung: 4

Seiten: 388 – 393

ISSN: 0340-2096

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ahe.12444

DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12444

Pubmed: 30968434

Kontakt

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

The female genital tract originates from the Müllerian ducts during embryological development. Fusion of the ducts occurs in different segments depending on the animal species, resulting in a variational number of the respective organ. Current literature on genital tract morphology of laboratory rodents is controversial. Therefore, the present study aimed at determining an anatomically correct definition of the uterus in laboratory guinea pigs, mice and rats. In all three rodent species, we found two separate cervical canals that communicate with an individual uterus via discrete ostia uteri interna. The correct anatomical definition should therefore be uterus duplex bicollis, vagina simplex.