Caracterização macroscópica do funículo umbilical de búfalos

Abstract

The umbilical funiculus is the organ that connects the fetus to the placenta where blood and excreta from the fetus pass. Arterial blood flows from the placenta to the fetus through the umbilical veins and venous blood through the arteries, the excretion is carried through the allantoic duct. In this study, nine fetuses were used, which had their funicles measured and dissected, in order to establish developmental correlations and describe their morphology. The funnel was rod-shaped, a parallel arrangement of the vessels in the fetal just portion and a standard ruminant arrangement in the just portion - placental and middle.