The arterial system of the spinal cord in the rat.

The pattern of the arterial system of the human spinal cord was published by Adamkiewicz (1881, 1882) and Kadyi (1886, 1889), then Suh and Alexander (1939) and Hellen and Alexander (1939) added some clinical findings to the anatomical bibliography. Also Ztilch (1953, '54, '61 , '62), Bartsch (1954, '61, '63), Gillilan (1958), Jellinger (1964, '66) and Lazorthes et al. (1958, '66, '71) contributed considerably to the physiopathological knowledge of the human spinal cord. Hofmann (1900) and Sterzi (1904) published well-known papers on the comparative anatomy and embryology of the spinal cord. Woollam and Millen (1955) reported that the arterial distribution in the spinal cord of the rat was similar to that in man. In an effort to obtain additional knowledges on the arterial system of the rat, the author has carried out a series of experiments applying acryl plastic and a new injecting technique of India ink plus acryl plastic which was developed by the author.