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dc.contributor.author | Penfold, Miles John![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Soley, John Thomson![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Hartman, Marthinus Jacobus![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-21T07:46:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | Less than 7,000 cheetahs survive in the wild. Captive breeding has proved notoriously difficult. The uterotubal junction acts as major barrier and regulator to the passage of sperm. This study describes the morphology of the uterotubal junction of the cheetah. Reproductive tracts were obtained from seven cheetahs that succumbed from natural causes or were euthanized for humane reasons. The uterotubal junction was isolated and examined macroscopically and microscopically. The extramural isthmus made a characteristic 90° bend before entering the mesometrial border of the uterus close to its tip. The intramural isthmus had approximately four primary folds lined by nonciliated cuboidal to low cuboidal epithelium. The Tunica muscularis was robust, merged with its uterine counterparts and consisted of an inner circular layer and outer longitudinal smooth muscle layer. The uterine ostium opened via a muscular and glandular papilla that projected from the apex of the uterine lumen. A sharply demarcated circular zone of simple columnar epithelial cells surrounded the uterine ostium and separated the simple cuboidal to low cuboidal cells of the isthmus and uterine epithelium from each other. Branched tubulo‐alveolar glands, some with dilated lumens, were present in the papilla and sometimes extended into the adjacent endometrium. These glands might act as sperm storage areas, and could easily be confused with cystic endometrial hyperplasia. Low transverse endometrial ridges surrounded the papilla and extended caudally for a short distance before disappearing. The uterine glands were lined by a simple cuboidal epithelium. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Anatomy and Physiology | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Companion Animal Clinical Studies | en_ZA |
dc.description.embargo | 2020-10-01 | |
dc.description.librarian | hj2019 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The University of Pretoria | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19328494 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Penfold, M.J., Soley, J.T. & Hartman, M.J. 2019, 'Morphology of the uterotubal junction of the Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)', Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, vol. 302, no. 10, pp. 1855-1864. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-8486 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-8494 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1002/ar.24132 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72363 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2019 American Association for Anatomy. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'Morphology of the uterotubal junction of the Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)', Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, vol. 302, no. 10, pp. 1855-1864, 2019, doi : 10.1002/ar.24132. The definite version is available at : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19328494. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Branched tubulo‐alveolar glands | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Uterine ostium | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Isthmus | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Papilla | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Uterotubal junction | en_ZA |
dc.title | Morphology of the uterotubal junction of the Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) | en_ZA |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_ZA |