MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE VAGINA OF THE Myocastor coypus (COYPU)

The Myocastor coypus (coypu) is a medium size rodent internationally considered as a species of economic interest because its fur. The aims of this work was realized the morphological study of the vagina of coypu. The vagina of sexually mature coypus appeared as a tubular organ, 10.25±1.40 cm long....

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Autores principales: Felipe,Antonio E., Castro,Alejandra, Callejas,Santiago S., Cabodevila,Jorge A.
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2000
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Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-98682000000200003
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Sumario:The Myocastor coypus (coypu) is a medium size rodent internationally considered as a species of economic interest because its fur. The aims of this work was realized the morphological study of the vagina of coypu. The vagina of sexually mature coypus appeared as a tubular organ, 10.25±1.40 cm long. The vaginal wall was very thin. It was composed by four layers: mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, and adventitia or serosa (according to the region). The lining epithelium of the mucosa was squamous stratified and without glands. Two layers of smooth muscular tissue with abundance of connective tissue were differentiated in the muscularis. The tunica serosa, formed by connective tissue of dense aspect, had numerous big blood vessels