Morphological and Morphometrical Comparative Study of Thyroid and Adrenal Glands Between Suckling and Adult Local Male Cats (Felis catus)
Morphological and Morphometrical Comparative Study of Thyroid and Adrenal Glands Between Suckling and Adult Local Male Cats (Felis catus)
Diyar Mohammad Hussein*, Iman Mousa Khaleel
ABSTRACT
The present study was carried on morphological and morphometric characteristics of the thyroid and adrenal glands in suckling and adult local male cats. In suckling and adult cats, the thyroid gland was consisted of two entirely separated lobes without isthmus and appeared as smooth elongated oval shape with rounded cranial, narrow caudal ends and smooth lateral and medial surfaces. All measurements of left lobe in suckling and adult cats were higher than those of the right one. Statistically, the weight, length, width and thickness of right and left thyroid lobes in adult cats were higher significantly than those in suckling at p <0.05. The adrenal glands in suckling and adult cats contains two creamy small glands, located on each side of vertebral column, the right gland situated on the cranioventral pole of the right kidney, while the left one situated more away from the left kidney anterior pole. Statistically, there were significant difference between right and left adrenal glands in suckling and adult cats. The weight, length, width and thickness of right adrenal gland were greater significantly than those of left adrenal at p <0.05, these variations in may be due to the age of animal that. Concluded, the current study the differences in morphometric measurements between right and left thyroid lobes and adrenal glands in both suckling and adult may be due to age and growth of animal.
Keywords | Morphological, Morphometrical, Thyroid gland, Adrenal gland, Male cats, Weight and length, Endocrine system, Iraq
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