The Abdominal aorta and its major branches supply oxygenated blood to nearly all the organs in the abdominal cavity. During routine dissection (January 2009) of a middle aged male cadaver at Dr. PSIMS, Gannavaram, Krishna Dist. (INDIA), the following variations of branches of abdominal aorta were found. The coeliac trunk gave off three branches. The first branch was left inferior phrenic artery which arose directly from coeliac trunk. The second branch bifurcates into left gastric artery and accessory hepatic artery for left lobe of liver. The second branch gave off splenic artery and common hepatic artery. The right testicular artery took its origin from right aberrant renal artery. This variation was associated with the presence of bilateral aberrant renal arteries for lower poles of both kidneys arising from abdominal aorta and aberrant renal arteries bilateral for upper poles originating from the renal arteries. Anatomical variation of testicular arteries is reported to be 4.7 %. Apart from creating hazards during abdominal surgery, vascular variation can also become a technical problem for infusion therapy and chemoembolisation of neoplasm in the liver.http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v9i1.6268 Kathmandu Univ Med J 2011;9(1):72-6

Background & objectives: Cephalometry is a branch of anthropometry that describes measurements of head and face in cadaveric, living or radiologic specimen. The vertical cephalic index is the ratio of the maximum height of head to its maximum length. The transverse cephalic index is the ratio of the maximum height of head to its maximum breadth. Materials and Methods: The present study was carried out with 320 (160 male & 160 female) medical students of Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation and Dr. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Institute of Dental Sciences Chinnaoutpally, Krishna District (AP), India. Results: The mean vertical cephalic index for male was 74.08 ± 3.24 and for female was 73.03 ± 4.64. The mean transverse cephalic index for male was 97.91 ± 3.77 and for female was 93.41 ± 5.57. The differences between male and female mean vertical cephalic index and mean transverse cephalic index were significant. Discussion & conclusion: The result of present study shows that all male and female of Andhra region are hypsicephalic according to classification based on vertical cephalic index and acrocephalic according to classification based on transverse cephalic index. Vertical cephalic index of the male is 1-2 point higher than the female in Andhra region population. This data can be useful for forensic medicine experts, plastic surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists, anatomist, anthropologist, fasciomaxillary surgeons, oral surgeons and for clinical and research purpose. This study will serve as basis for comparison of future studies on Andhra region population of India and also South Asian population. Asian Journal of Medical Science, Volume-3 No-3 (2012), Page  6-11 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v3i3.4650

The internal thoracic artery (ITA) is the largest artery of the thoracic wall. ITA has become a conduit of choice for coronary artery bypass graft surgery because of its predictable intrathoracic course, anatomical proximity to the heart and excellent long-term patency. The rare and unexpected occurrence of anomalies of the internal thoracic artery such as the one reported here may complicate the entire procedure of revascularization of the myocardium. We conclude that knowledge of variation of internal thoracic artery is necessary during surgical procedures that involve thoracic region.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jbs.v2i1.13032Journal of Biomedical Sciences 2015 Mar.; 2(1): 7-9

In human beings the most common branching pattern of the aortic arch was its division into three great vessels ie the brachiocephalic trunk, left common carotid artery and the subclavian artery. The vertebral arteries arise from the superior aspect of the first part of the subclavian artery. In present case, a left vertebral artery arose from the aortic arch as fourth branch was found. The diameter of left vertebral artery at its origin was 6 mm as compared to the right vertebral artery, which has diameter of 3.5 mm at its origin. In this case left sixth dorsal intersegmental artery might have persisted as first part of vertebral artery hence left vertebral artery arising from arch of aorta. Knowledge of the variations in branching pattern of the aortic arch is important in the diagnosis of intracranial aneurysm after subarachnoid haemorrhage.J. Biomed. Sci. 2015, 2(3):21-23.

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