GROSS ANATOMICAL AND MOROPHMETRICAL STUDIES TO THE SKULL BONES OF THE LOCAL RABBIT (ORYCTOHGUSCUNICULUS ).

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Ten adult rabbit (5male and 5 female ) were used for gross anatomical and biometrical studies .The main characteristics feature of the local rabbit skulls are : in dorsal surface there are a shallow external sagittle crest , the frontal bone has anterior and posterior supraorbital process , the external acoustic meatus is a short wide bony tube directed caudodorsally , the orbita are large , the external surface of the maxilla is pitted by numerous small opening (fenestrated).
A total of 16 linear measurement estimated in the rabbit skulls .There are significant difference between males and females observed in bizygomatic distance , basion-bragma height , maxilla- alveolar length , orbital height and foramen magnum breadth

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دراسة تشريحية عيانية و قياسية لعظام جمجمة الأرنب المحلي

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قسمة مظفر صالح
Volume 12, Issue 2
Autumn 2013
Page 267-277

  • Receive Date 01 December 2013
  • Revise Date 20 December 2013
  • Accept Date 25 December 2013
  • Publish Date 28 December 2013