Origem e distribuição do nervo isquiático em fetos de suínos (Sus scrofa domesticus Linnaeus, 1758) da linhagem Pen Ar Lan

Abstract

Studied, the origin and distribution of the sciatic nerve in 31 pig fetuses line Pen Ar Lan, 22 males and nine females, after being fixed in aqueous 10% formaldehyde. In these animals the lumbar vertebrae ranged from five to seven with a predominance of six, which have contributed to variations in the origin of that nerve. The sciatic nerve originated in antimeres 80.64% of the ventral branch of the fifth lumbar spinal nerve (L5) at 96.77 % of (L6),at 6.45% of (L7) in 100% of (S1) and 64.51% of (S2), The composition of the related nerve occurred in 45,16% of the animals for the union of L5, L6, S1 and S2, in 32.25% of L6, L5 and S1, in 12 90% of L6, S1 and S2, in 6.45% of L6, L7 and S1 and 3.22% L5, S1 and S2. There was symmetrical at the root in all specimens. This nerve gave branches to the glúteal muscles superficial, semitendinosus , semimembranosus and biceps femoris in all specimens, lesser frequency, to the twins muscles, quadratus femoris, adductors, gluteal medium, attachment, and deep. In 74.19% of the sample, there was a communicating branch with the pudendal nerve. No significant differences were found between the frequency of branches emitted to the muscles of both male and female antimeres.