Morphometric Analysis of Rat Femoral Vessels Under a Video Magnification System

Overview

Journal J Vasc Bras

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2018 Jun 23

PMID 29930629

Citations 2

Authors

Rui Sergio Monteiro de Barros

Rafael Aquino Leal

Renan Kleber Costa Teixeira

Vitor Nagai Yamaki

Felipe Lobato da Silva Costa

Daniel Haber Feijo

Andre Lopes Valente

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Abstract

The right femoral vessels of 80 rats were identified and dissected. External lengths and diameters of femoral arteries and femoral veins were measured using either a microscope or a video magnification system. Findings were correlated to animals' weights. Mean length was 14.33 mm for both femoral arteries and femoral veins, mean diameter of arteries was 0.65 mm and diameter of veins was 0.81 mm. In our sample, rats' body weights were only correlated with the diameter of their femoral veins.

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