Postdiaphragmatic disposition of the pars sympathica and major autonomic ganglia of the sheep (Ovis aries)

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Morphological study of the postdiaphragmatic distribution of the sympathetic trunk and the composition of the main autonomic ganglia and plexuses of the abdominal and pelvic cavities of the sheep are of prime importance for clinical and other experimental work. Most of the veterinary anatomical textbooks are extremely deficient in this area. A few words of explanation have occasionally been mentioned, assuming that possibly there is no significant difference in the pattern of distribution of the abdominal and pelvic autonomics from those of the ox.