CHORDAE TENDINEAE FREQUENCY IN THE MITRAL VALVE OF SANTA INÊS SHEEP (Ovis Aries, Linnaeus 1758)

Authors

  • Fábio Ferreira de Queiroz Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Alexandre Thomé da Silva de Almeida Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Vinícius Novaes Rocha Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Thalia Catlheen Souza Domingos Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Leonardo Serafim da Silveira Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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Abstract

The aim of this work is to investigate the frequency of tendinous cords in the left atrioventricular valve complex (LAVC) of the heart of sheeps of the Santa Inês breed. The experiments involved 40 hearts prepared in 10% formalin solution and dissected for the retreat of LVC. The LAVC was analyzed for tendinous cords counting and the total of these cords in each heart varied from 10 to 27 and the total oriented to the commissure of valve varied from two to five cords, all coming from papilar sub-auricular and papilar sub-atrial muscles. Higher frequency was observed in hearts with three cords that were oriented to commissure. The results suggest no anatomic standardization in the amount of tendinous cords in the heart of the sheep of the Santa Inês.
Keywords:  Frequency, heart, morphology, sheep, tendinous cords.

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Published

2009-12-17

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QUEIROZ, Fábio Ferreira de; ALMEIDA, Alexandre Thomé da Silva de; ROCHA, Vinícius Novaes; DOMINGOS, Thalia Catlheen Souza; SILVEIRA, Leonardo Serafim da. CHORDAE TENDINEAE FREQUENCY IN THE MITRAL VALVE OF SANTA INÊS SHEEP (Ovis Aries, Linnaeus 1758). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 4, p. 1148–1154, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/8471. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 4 (2009)

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Veterinary Medicine

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