Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the special features of topography and macrostructure of some somatic and visceral lymph nodes of the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius). The result of the study demonstrated that the arrangement and the morphometric characteristics of some lymph nodes of camel correspond to the analogical indices of cattle. At the organ level, the lymph nodes of camel congregate; they are partially fused. A pattern of spatial orientation of these nodes is not established. Lymph nodes of dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) according to their topography and linear characteristics in general correspond to the similar nodes of cattle. The architecture of the lymph node dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) differs from that shown in the conventional patterns of other mammalian animals, generally formed of a plurality of aggregates, the latter are surrounded by a connective tissue which extends over the whole area surface lymph node and each cluster is a node itself. Vascular distribution in these lymphoid aggregates is relatively abundant and each node receives one or two afferent lymphatic’s and is drained by four or five efferent lymphatic’s. In approximately half of nodes examined, there was extra nodal communic-ations between the lymphatic vessels (afferent and efferent), allowing to bypass the lymph node. Lymph nodes are characterized by their dromedary lobule appearance and size.

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Item Type:	Journal
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ePrint ID:	2201
Date Deposited:	2020-06-25
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URI:	https://www.univ-soukahras.dz/en/publication/article/2201

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