Sternal organ
The sternal organ ( Glandulae sternales ) is an elongated oval odor gland that occurs in the area of the sternum in sheep , goats , deer , heather snails and mouflons .
animal | length | width |
---|---|---|
sheep | 80-140 | 40-60 |
Heidschnucke , mouflon | 80 | 35 |
goat | 60 | 30th |
With sternales glands were along it referred in human anatomy and "breast bone glands" of blood vessels with joined "lymphatics."
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Single receipts
- ↑ a b Nickel, August Schummer, Eugen Seiferle: Circulatory system, skin and skin organs . Georg Thieme Verlag, p. 470ff
- ↑ August Carl Bock : Representation of the suction arteries of the human body, according to their structure, distribution and course etc. etc. etc. etc. 1828, p. 93 (5.5.5.)
- ↑ Theodor Richter: Encyclopedia of Human Anatomy. 1836, p. 322