[Corrosion anatomical and scanning electron microscopic studies of the blood vessels in the digital end organ of the hindlimb of cattle].

By aid of modern corrosion anatomical methods the afferent and efferent blood vessels as well as the microvasculature of the corium of the pelvic limb digit were investigated. The longest papillae are to be found in the perioptic corium. In the coronary corium the length decreases from proximal to distal. In the caudal section of the digital cushion the papillae show a typical, regular wavy form, whorl formation is rare.