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Anatomy of the hyoid skeleton
of the rock dove (Patagioenas livia)
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Fatma
A. Al-Nefeiy11 and Bedoor A. Alahmary2 |
1Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King
Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Taif
University, Saudi Arabia
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Abstract |
Twenty five adult
specimens of the Rock dove were used in the present study. The present
study was carried out by using several biological techniques; gross
anatomy, general histology and scanning electron microscopic
investigations. The hyoid skeleton consists of three axial unpaired
elements and a paired hyoid horn. The axial skeleton comprises an
anterior os paragoossale, a middle os basihyale, an a posterior os
urohyale. The paired hyoid horn
consists of os ceratobranchiale and os epibranchiale. The hyoid horns
are curved dorso-laterally reaching the posterior side of the skull. The
hyoid skeleton has Joint and
ligaments between basihyal, ceratobranchials, and urohyal to allow the
ceratobranchials and the urohyal to rotate from dorsal to ventral, from
lateral to medial and from rostral to caudal, and to rotate along their
axes.
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Keywords:
The
rock dove; anatomy; hyoid skeleton;
scanning electron microscope
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To cite this article:
Al-Nefeiy1 FA and BA Alahmary, 2016.
Anatomy of the hyoid skeleton
of the rock dove (Patagioenas livia).
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 6(2): 40-46. |
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