Absence of the Arteria Profunda Femoris

Abstract

SUMMARY:At arteria femoralis, arteria profunda femoris is the main branch feeding the thigh. After iliofemoral embryological evolution many variations can be seen in this vessel. The absence of a. profunda femoris is one of the rare seen variation among these variations. Knowing the anatomy and variations of a. profunda femoris well, is important in low extremity ischemia, vessel surgery and angiography applications. In this study, 1036 films belonging to low extremity found in the Radiology department of School of Medicine of Cumhuriyet University were examined as retrospective. Among these films at four of them of male cases, absence of a. profunda femoris was detected. In cases at ages of 32, 37, 47 and 53 respectively, in the first and second case at the right low extremity there was no a. profunda femoris and at the left low extremity it was seen that a. circumflexus femoris medialis and a. circumflexus femoris lateralis emerged from a. profunda femoris. In the third case it was detected that at left low extremity a. profunda femoris did not exist, and at right low extremity a. circumflexus femoris lateralis emerged from a. profunda femoris, and a. circumflexus femoris medialis emerged from a. femoralis. In the fourth case at left low extremity there was no a. profunda femoris and at right low extremity it was seen that at a. profunda femoris and a. femoralis were in unsteady course. The absence of a. profunda femoris had 0,4%. The results were discussed by comparing with literature data.

Comparative descriptive anatomy of the femoral artery in crab-eating fox, hoary fox and maned wolf

“…The erect posture verified in these primates requires considerable adaptations of the pelvic and thigh muscles, leading to a different model for the blood supply of the anatomical structures involved. There are many anatomical variations of the femoral artery and its branches (HILL, 1972;TESTUT;LATARJET, 1979;BARBOSA, 2001;REARDON et al, 2004;FUKUDA et al, 2005;TANYELI et al, 2006;GETTY, 2008;KUMAR et al, 2011;OTAG et al, 2012;AVERSI-FERREIRA et al, 2013), but no reference is done to possible association with evolutionary aspects.…”

“…The bodies of the specimens studied in this work have a relative structural symmetry; in general, both antimeres show morphological similarities, but variations may occur. According to Poirier (1912), Huber (1941 and Massoud and Fletcher (1997), all cited by Otag et al (2012), arterial variations are usually bilateral. However, no relationship of laterality on the morphologic aspects studied in this work was observed.…”

Karayaka ve Bafra (Sakız x Karayaka G1) Koyun Irklarının Ayrılmasında Diskriminant Analizinin Kullanılması

“…Diskriminant analizi, literatürde farklı koyun 11,12 , keçi 13,14 ve arı 15 ırklarının morfolojik özelliklerine göre tanımlanması, farelerin her bir cinsiyet ve ırk için ağırlık ve bazı vücut özellikleri kullanılarak yaşlarının belirlenmesi 16 ve insan iskelet veya parmak izi ölçümlerinden cinsiyet tayini [17][18][19] gibi çeşitli amaçlar doğrultusunda uygulanan önemli bir yöntemdir.…”