[CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANATOMICAL VARIABILITY OF THE LEFT INFERIOR PHRENIC VEIN].

The diaphragm was taken from the corpses of 80 humans of both sexes of adult age and was studied using the complex of preparation, injection, morphometric and of variational-statistical methods. A significant anatomical variation of the left inferior phrenic veins was found, that was characterized by different variants of their confluence, and variation of their diameters. Five variants of the confluence of the left inferior phrenic veins were defined.

[MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KIMMERLE ANOMALY].

The study material included 105 isolated bone preparations of the atlas, 100 radiographs of the cervical region of the spine, 650 spiral computed tomography (SCT) scans and 224 protocols of duplex ultrasound scanning of extracranial portions of brachiocephalic arteries and transcranial duplex scanning. Kimmerle anomaly was detected in 18% of cases in the bone material, in 17% of the cases of SCT and in 15% of cases during radiological examination. The anomaly more often is unilateral, rarely--bilateral; it may be located medially or laterally, while the vertebral artery canal more frequently is closed, less commonly--open.

[Juxtaglomerular blood flow pathway in the kidney (comparative-anatomical and age-related aspects)].

To observe the formation of blood flow in the juxtaglomerular pathway in comparative-anatomical and age-related aspects, 484 kidneys from the representatives of the five classes of vertebrates, 50 kidneys of human fetuses and 193 kidneys of normal individuals of different ages were studied. Macro-microscopic, histological and morphometric methods were used. In all the mammalian animal species, the significant development of vascular glomeruli and peritubular capillaries was observed.

[Peculiarities of the anatomical structure of the posterior-lower part of the right atrium in people of various constitutional types].

The peculiarities of the anatomical structure of the posterior-lower part of the right atrium (PLP-RA) were studied in autopsy material obtained from 120 men and women aged 22-72 years belonging to various constitutional types. It was found that in persons with pyknic constitution, long PLP-RA prevailed over the short one (59.4 [character: see text] 40.