Mariano T Y, Boger A S, Gustafson K J
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Anat Histol Embryol. 2008 Jun;37(3):166-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2007.00815.x.
The cat has been used extensively as an animal model for urogenital studies involving the pudendal nerve. However, discrepancies persist in the literature regarding the origin of the dorsal nerve of the penis (DNP). This study used gross dissections and serial histological cross sections to demonstrate that the DNP arises from the deep perineal nerve and not the sensory afferent branch as previously reported. This finding indicates a better than previously appreciated neuroanatomical homology between the cat and human.
猫已被广泛用作涉及阴部神经的泌尿生殖系统研究的动物模型。然而,关于阴茎背神经(DNP)的起源,文献中仍存在差异。本研究采用大体解剖和系列组织学横断面来证明,DNP起源于会阴深神经,而非先前报道的感觉传入分支。这一发现表明猫与人之间的神经解剖学同源性比之前认为的更好。