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The objective of this study was to describe the anatomy of the opossum abdominal aorta sacral rami, emphasizing the common iliac arteries, external and internal iliac arteries and the middle sacral artery. Ten animals Didelphis albiventris from the Department of Anatomy, Instituto de Biociências ­ UNESP Botucatu, were used. After laparotomy, the aorta and its terminal rami were seen, dissected under microscopy and photographed. The abdominal aorta emitted rami, forming the right and the left common iliac arteries that divided, originating the external and internal iliac arteries. The middle sacral artery presented in 30% of cases now caudally rising from the right common iliac artery, then from the left one (30%) or in most cases (40%), as a continuation of the abdominal aorta artery
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