Topografia dos órgãos abdominais em Didelphis albiventris

Abstract

The knowledge about localization of organs in different regions of the animal's body is essential for clinical, surgical and diagnostic imaging practice, the purpose of this study was to describe the abdominal topographic anatomy of Didelphis albiventris. Was used four dead bodys, two of these was intended for the macroscopic study of fresh pieces and the others fixed in 10% aqueous formaldehyde solution. The corpses was dissected and the anatomic structures was identified, analyzed and photographed. Various organs located in the abdominal region of cadavers from species Didelphis albiventris presented structure and position similar to canines, however some of these organs and localization of structures presented important particularities, like the presence of epipubic bones, absence of square hepatic lobe, presence of an developed cecum and colon divided into three segments.