Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)

SUMMARY: The skeleton of the thoracic limb is one of the key aspects for the understanding of the habits and movement of different mammalian species. Considering the gap about studies related to marsupial osteology, this work proposes to study the aspects inherent to the skeleton of opossums, with e...

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Autores principales:	Chiarello,Guilherme Pereira, Pires Gomes,Silvio, Harumi-De-Castro-Sasahara,Tais, Miglino,Maria Angélica
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2021
Materias:	Animal Anatomy Marsupial Osteology Wild Animals
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220210002004162021-04-22Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)Chiarello,Guilherme PereiraPires Gomes,SilvioHarumi-De-Castro-Sasahara,TaisMiglino,Maria Angélica Animal Anatomy Marsupial Osteology Wild Animals SUMMARY: The skeleton of the thoracic limb is one of the key aspects for the understanding of the habits and movement of different mammalian species. Considering the gap about studies related to marsupial osteology, this work proposes to study the aspects inherent to the skeleton of opossums, with emphasis on the detailed anatomical description of the bones that form the thoracic limb. For this purpose, the bones of six specimens of possums of the species Didelphis albiventris were used. These small to medium sized marsupials inhabit a wide range of South America, living in several types of habitats, being commonly described as arboreal omnivores and have anthropic habits. For the execution of this study, the bone accidents perceptible in the specimens were identified by superficial palpation, which were then radiographed. The thoracic limb bones were prepared by boiling and drying in the sun. Finally, from the radiographic images and the prepared bones, a detailed description of the anatomy of the bone components of the thoracic limb of Didelphis albiventris was made, joining the previously obtained data of surface anatomy. These data were compared with data from the literature, discussing the functional significance of the osteological findings of the thoracic limb of Didelphis albiventris.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.39 n.2 20212021-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022021000200416en10.4067/S0717-95022021000200416
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spellingShingle	Animal Anatomy Marsupial Osteology Wild Animals Chiarello,Guilherme Pereira Pires Gomes,Silvio Harumi-De-Castro-Sasahara,Tais Miglino,Maria Angélica Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
description	SUMMARY: The skeleton of the thoracic limb is one of the key aspects for the understanding of the habits and movement of different mammalian species. Considering the gap about studies related to marsupial osteology, this work proposes to study the aspects inherent to the skeleton of opossums, with emphasis on the detailed anatomical description of the bones that form the thoracic limb. For this purpose, the bones of six specimens of possums of the species Didelphis albiventris were used. These small to medium sized marsupials inhabit a wide range of South America, living in several types of habitats, being commonly described as arboreal omnivores and have anthropic habits. For the execution of this study, the bone accidents perceptible in the specimens were identified by superficial palpation, which were then radiographed. The thoracic limb bones were prepared by boiling and drying in the sun. Finally, from the radiographic images and the prepared bones, a detailed description of the anatomy of the bone components of the thoracic limb of Didelphis albiventris was made, joining the previously obtained data of surface anatomy. These data were compared with data from the literature, discussing the functional significance of the osteological findings of the thoracic limb of Didelphis albiventris.
author	Chiarello,Guilherme Pereira Pires Gomes,Silvio Harumi-De-Castro-Sasahara,Tais Miglino,Maria Angélica
author_facet	Chiarello,Guilherme Pereira Pires Gomes,Silvio Harumi-De-Castro-Sasahara,Tais Miglino,Maria Angélica
author_sort	Chiarello,Guilherme Pereira
title	Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
title_short	Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
title_full	Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
title_fullStr	Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
title_full_unstemmed	Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
title_sort	anatomical characteristics of the bones of the thoracic limb of white-eared opossum (didelphis albiventris)
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2021
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022021000200416
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Anatomical Characteristics of the Bones of the Thoracic Limb of White-Eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris)

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