Endoscopic study of the oral and pharyngeal cavities in the common dolphin, striped dolphin, risso’s dolphin, harbour porpoise and pilot whale: Reinforced with other diagnostic and anatomic techniques

• Published in: Animals
• Main Authors: García de los Ríos y Loshuertos, Álvaro, Soler Laguía, Marta, Arencibia Espinosa, Alberto, Martínez Gomariz, Francisco, Sánchez Collado, Cayetano, López Fernández, Alfredo, Gil Cano, Francisco, Seva Alcaraz, Juan, Ramírez Zarzosa, Gregorio
• Other Authors: NO DATA, 57223868255, 57214294236, 57201518054, 35195736000, 57223867235, 57217729469, 8610711000, 13609897400, 57214289546, BU-VET
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 240119 Zoología marina; 310901 Anatomía; Buccal; Cavity; Common Dolphin (Delphinus Delphis); Dissection; Endoscopy; Fetal Development; Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena Phocoena); Histology; Mouth; MRI; Ontogeny; Oral; Pharyngeal; Pilot Whale (Globicephala Melas); Risso’S Dolphin (Grampus Griseus); Sectional Anatomy; Striped Dolphin (Stenella Coeruleoalba); Fossa; Harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/107539; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061507

In this work, the fetal and newborn anatomical structures of the dolphin oropharyngeal cavities were studied. The main technique used was endoscopy, as these cavities are narrow tubular spaces and the oral cavity is difficult to photograph without moving the specimen. The endoscope was used to study...