Anatomic Surgical Orientation of the Intraglossal Neurovascular Termination of Egyptian Bovine

Introduction The tongue is an accessory digestive organ that is responsible for prehension, mastication, swallowing and regurgitation of food in cattle. Tongue subjected to many infectious and noninfectious lesions that may necessitate surgical intervention. Euthanasia is elected for congenital disorders except for bifurcated tongue that may be treated primarily. Acquired surgical disorders of the tongue are treated with primary closure, second intention or glossectomies. Some vice as wind sucking, self-sucking and lolling with tongue are not primarily tongue disorders, but, surgical treatment is directed to partial glossectomy to correct these disorders. Healing of tongue wounds is very good and fast because of high vascularization property. Although surgical procedures of the tongue are well established, available literature 2 lack detailed surgical anatomy of the bovine tongue with special reference to vasculature and enervation and its accommodation for various surgical procedures especially glossectomy. The present article presents detailed descriptive surgical anatomy of the Egyptian crossbred bovine tongue; musculature, vasculature and enervation and its accommodation for ventral aspect tongue surgical procedures. Materials and Methods The anatomical preparation of the study based on obtaining 8 freshly cut heads adult apparently healthy Egyptian cattle of both sexes