Macroanatomic investigations on afferent and efferent lymphatic vessels on the superficial cervical and popliteal nodes in angora goat

Abstract

In this study, the numbers and the courses of the afferent and efferent lymph vesse!s of the cervica! superficial and popliteal lymph node were macroscopically investigated in Angora goats. In this purpose, as a material, eigth Angora goats were used. Four or five afferent vessels, starting as blindended vessels at the level of medial phalanx, entered to the cervical superficiallymph node in Angora goats. One efferent lymph vessel, leaving from this lymph node, drained info jugular trunc on the left side and venosus angle on the right side. Six or seven afferent vessels, starting bilaterally darsal comman digital nerve III and IV at the proximal level of the corium limbi entered to the each popliteal node and two afferent lymph vessels leaving from the popliteal node drained into ischiatic lymph node.