These data as important landmarks are discussed with regard to their application to Clinical Anatomy around the head of the Caspian horse.
Ali Louei Monfared
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Para-Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilam, Ilam, Iran
Global Veterinaria 10 (2): 214-218, 2013
ISSN 1992-6197
© IDOSI Publications, 2013
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.gv.2013.10.2.7221
Abstract:
Caspian miniature horse is a small horse breed native to Northern Iran. Since, there is a lack of comprehensive data on the gross morphometric and morphologic parameters of cranium as well as mandible in this specie; present work was taken.
In this work, the skull and mandibles of the ten clinically health Caspian miniature horse aged between 4-6-year-old was used. Then, a total of 17 head measurements and indices were recorded. The skull length, cranial length, nasal length and cranial width were 47.5 cm, 25.6 cm, 21.9 cm and 16.5 cm respectively. Also, the cranial index was 64.45.
The distances from facial crest to the infra-orbital canal and from the latter to the root of the alveolar tooth were 4.72 cm and 7.19 cm, respectively. The length and height of the mandibles were 27.68 cm and 15.5 cm, respectively.
The distances from the lateral alveolar root to mental foramen and from the mental foramen to caudal mandibular border were 6.94 cm and 20.74 cm, respectively. The distances from mandibular foramen to the base of mandible as well as from caudal border of mandible to below of the mandibular foramen were 5.79 cm and 5.18 cm, respectively.
The distances from the base of mandible to condyloid fossa and from the latter to the maximum height of mandible were 3.2 cm and 12.3 cm, respectively. The distance from caudal border of mandible to mandibular foramen and from the latter to mandibular angle were 4.4 cm and 5.3 cm, respectively.
These data as important landmarks are discussed with regard to their application to clinical maneuvers around the head of the Caspian miniature horse such as regional anesthesia during treating head injury and dental extraction.
Key words: Applied Anatomy, Head ,Caspian miniature horse, Regional anesthesia