Salazar I, Sánchez Quinteiro P S, Cifuentes J M
Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Veterinary Faculty of Lugo, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Ann Anat. 1995 Jul;177(5):475-81. doi: 10.1016/s0940-9602(11)80156-1.
The vomeronasal cartilages of mink, cat, dog, pig, cow and horse were studied by dissection, microdissection and by means of series of transverse sections. In all the species studied the cartilage is of hyaline type and the medial sheet is well-defined and perfectly moulded to the adjacent bone. However, interspecies differences are apparent in the manner in which the medial sheet associates and eventually fuses with the cartilage of the incisive duct; the morphology of the horse vomeronasal cartilage is particularly distinctive in this respect. The lateral sheet of the vomeronasal cartilage, although always present, has a different arrangement in each species studied. Similarly, the gaps in the lateral sheet (corresponding to the opening of the vomeronasal organ) differ among the species studied in form, location and number.
通过解剖、显微解剖以及一系列横切面研究了水貂、猫、狗、猪、牛和马的犁鼻软骨。在所研究的所有物种中，软骨均为透明软骨类型，内侧薄片清晰可辨，与相邻骨骼完美贴合。然而，在所研究物种中，内侧薄片与切牙管软骨的结合方式以及最终融合方式存在明显的种间差异；在这方面，马犁鼻软骨的形态尤为独特。犁鼻软骨的外侧薄片虽然始终存在，但在所研究的每个物种中排列方式不同。同样，外侧薄片中的间隙（对应犁鼻器的开口）在所研究物种之间在形态、位置和数量上也有所不同。
