Atoji Y, Suzuki Y, Sugimura M
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan.
Anat Anz. 1987;164(3):213-7.
The lumbosacral plexus of the Japanese serow was grossly investigated on 30 fresh specimens. 28 of 30 showed 6 lumbar vertebrae and 2 of the remaining had 5. The communicating pattern among segmental origins from L3 to S5 revealed a variability of the plexus in both types of 5 and 6 lumbar vertebrae. The ratio of prefixed, median fixed and postfixed plexuses in 6 lumbar vertebral type was nearly 2:6:1. The serow's plexus was basically similar to that of domestic ruminants.