Estudo da fórmula vertebral do tatu-galinha

Resumo

The study aims the vertebral formula of two adult male specimens of armadillo (Dasypus novencinctus) belonging to the collection of anatomical museum at Unesp, Jaboticabal. The vertebrae were chemical macerated and were counted, manually, by vertebral segment (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and caudal). It was concluded that the tatu-galinha has 07 cervical vertebrae, 15 thoracic vertebrae, 04 lumbar, 05 sacral and caudal vertebral segment is composed of 11 vertebrae.

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Palavras-chave

Coluna vertebral, Anatomia, Esqueleto axial, Animal silvestre, Dasypus novencinctus, Spine, Anatomy axial skeleton, Wild animal

Citação

FRANZO, Vanessa Sobue; VULCANI, Valcinir Aloísio Scalla; ARTONI, Silvana Martinez Baraldi; GRADELA, Adriana; BARREIRO, Fabiana Ribeiro. Estudo da fórmula vertebral do tatu-galinha. Revista Científica Eletrônica de Medicina Veterinária, Garça, v. 9, n. 17, p. 1-10, jul. 2011.