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SKULL RADIOGRAPHS: SILVER IMPREGNATION AS AN INTERPRETATION AID |
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| Authors: | J S Boyd BVMS PHD G Hart † |
| Institution: | Dr. Boyd is from the Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 IQH, Scotland, where he is Senior Lecturer.;G. Hart was a student at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, at the time this paper was written. silver nitrate. |
| Abstract: | Individual skull bones of newly killed young cats were stained with an aqueous solution of 0.5% silver nitrate. These bones became blackened grossly and more radiodense than adjacent unstained skull bones. It was possible to correlate the gross and radiographic appearance of selected bones stained with silver nitrate. This was a useful teaching aid. |
| Keywords: | skull anatomy silver nitrate bone stain cat |