Variability in the number of mental foramina in the African green monkey (Grivet) (Chlorocebus aethiops)
| Autor: | Henryk Głąb, Kamil Mrożek, Justyna Marchewka, Andrzej Wróbel, Bartosz Leszczyński |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
0301 basic medicine grivet Cercopithecini vervet monkey biology Significant difference Mandibular canal 030206 dentistry Anatomy biology.organism_classification mental foramina Chlorocebus aethiops 03 medical and health sciences mandibular canal 0302 clinical medicine Linear relationship medicine.anatomical_structure μCT medicine Animal Science and Zoology 030101 anatomy & morphology African Green Monkey Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Zoomorphology. 139:393-405 |
| ISSN: | 1432-234X 0720-213X |
| Popis: | This study aimed to determine the number of mental foramina (MFs) in vervet monkeys of the Cercopithecini tribe and perform a µCT analysis of mental foramina and mandibular canal morphology. A total of 19 simian skulls belonging to Chlorocebus aethiops species were used in the analyses. An average of three mental foramina was present in most individuals from the analyzed group. The Mann–Whitney test revealed no statistically significant difference between the number of foramina on the right- and left-hand side. Likewise, no statistically significant differences between the number of MFs across sexes were observed. Correlation coefficient values between mandibular length and the ipsilateral number of MF indicate a weak and statistically non-significant (p > 0.05) linear relationship. Volumetric reconstructions revealed the presence of a single periosteal sheathed mandibular canal terminated with four small mental foramina. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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