1Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Burdur, Turkey
2Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Hatay, Turkey
*Corresponding Author: Iftar Gurbuz, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Burdur, Turkey, Email: iftargurbuz@mehmetakif.edu.tr
Online published on 16 September, 2020.
In the study, it was aimed that the macroanatomic features of the coronary arteries and myocardial bridges were investigated in Tuj and Hemshin sheep. 10 hearts of male Tuj sheep and 10 hearts of male Hemshin sheep were used as the study material. It was applied the latex injection and corrosion cast techniques. It was observed that the hearts were vascularized by arteria (a.) coronaria dextra and a. coronaria sinistra. A. coronaria sinistra was dominant in 8 Tuj and 9 Hemshin sheep, a. coronaria dextra was dominant in 2 Tuj and 1 Hemshin sheep. The r. interventricularis subsinuosus was formed by ramus (r.) circumflexus sinister in 8 Tuj and 9 Hemshin sheep, by r. circumflexus dexter in 1 Tuj sheep and by r. proximalis atrii dextri in 1 Tuj and 1 Hemshin sheep. There were myocardial bridges on the r. interventricularis paraconalis in all of the hearts. There was a statistical difference in the length of the myocardial bridges on the sulcus interventricularis paraconalis between the hearts of Tuj and Hemshin sheep (P< 0.05).
Coronary artery, Myocardial bridge, Sheep
