a rare anatomical innervation of the musculocutaneous nerve m.m. taghavi msc , m. shariati kohbanani msc , s.m. seyedmirzaee md received: 24/09/06 sent for revision: 20/02/07 received revised manuscript: 07/04/07 accepted: 27/05/07 background and objectives: anatomically the musculocutaneous nerve (c5,6 ) is a branch of lateral cord of the brachial plexus and its motor nerve fibers innervates t...

this study was designed to evaluate population variation and differentiation of bartail flathead, platycephalusindicus (linnaeus, 1785)in the iranian waters of the persian gulf using the morphometric and meristic characters. a total of 180 fish were collected by gill net from six stations (khormosa, bahrekan, shif, motaf, charak and bandar abbas) of iranian coasts of persian gulf including 30 f...

abstract in order to study the effect of using somaclonal variation on production of resistant lines to water deficit conditions on carrot (daucus carota l.), an experiment was carried out in department of biotechnology of all russian research institute of vegetable crops (raas) in 2008-2009. coated seeds of four carrot cultivars which are cultivated in iran including, monarch, nantes improved,...

background: we describe karyotypic variations and the in vitro methods for plant propagation and conservation as well as detailed chromosomal analysis of (aloe vera l.) and aloe littoralis from iran during flowering stage. objectives: this karyotypic was discovered because of a difference in the position of the chromosome and due to genomic differentiation in domesticated populations of the ira...

pycnocycla spinosa aerial parts were collected weekly during four-month growth. hydrodistillation and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectroscopy techniques were used for essential oil and sesquiterpenes investigation. thirty-four components were identified, of which the characteristic sesquiterpenes were a -copaene, caryophyllene, a -humulene, b-ionene, d-cadinene, a -calacorene, caryoph...

results inter-observer agreement of the pathology scores based on nas scoring system was acceptable for steatosis, lobular inflammation, and fibrosis, but not for hepatocyte ballooning. the intra-observer agreement was acceptable in all scales, with lowest intra-class correlation observed for lobular inflammation. materials and methods the anonymous liver biopsy samples of 100 consecutive nafld...

conclusions the axillary arch variation is very clinically important, because it may entrap and implicate the neurovascular bundle. also it is important for surgeons during operation, so they need to be aware of possible presence of such variations. case presentation during routine dissection, we encountered an aberrant slip of muscle and fascia expanded from latissimus dorsi to pectoralis majo...

mandibular premolars have earned a reputation for having aberrant anatomy. the occurrence of three canals with three separate foramina in mandibular premolars is very rare. if predictable treatment of a three rooted mandibular premolar is planned, precise knowledge of clinical and radiographic anatomy is absolutely necessary. these teeth may also require special shaping and obturating technique...

internal iliac artery (iia) shows frequent variations in its branching pattern. we saw variations in the branching pattern of right iia in a male cadaver. the iia divided into anterior and posterior divisions. the branches of the anterior division included umbilical artery, inferior vesical artery, obturator artery. the other branches arose from posterior trunk such as iliolumbar, lateral sacra...

background zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is polymorphic disease that may show various clinical manifestations. objectives this study investigates the determination of genetic variation within the species of leishmania major isolates from new cases in chabahar, a port city in southeast iran (situated at the iran-pakistan border). migration in this region indicates that leishmaniasis is ...