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Their secretions, together with those of other major salivary<br />

glands, coat the food for easier passage from the oral<br />

cavity to the esophagus and protect the mucosa of the<br />

pharynx and esophagus from mechanical injury.<br />

Keywords: superficial anatomy, gross anatomy, histology,<br />

buccal glands, Philippine carabao, Bubalus bubalis L.<br />

*The Philippine Agricultural Scientist, 86(1): 51-55, 2003.<br />

A-47<br />

<strong>THE</strong> ANATOMY OF <strong>THE</strong> TRACHEA OF <strong>THE</strong><br />

<strong>PHILIPPINE</strong> CARABAO AND CROSSBREDS*<br />

C. P. Maala, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of the<br />

Philippines Los Baños<br />

J. F. Policarpio, Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine,<br />

Gregorio Araneta University Foundation<br />

A. S. Sarabia, Senior Research Specialist, Philippine Carabao Center,<br />

University of the Philippines Los Baños<br />

The anatomy of the trachea of the Philippine carabao (PC),<br />

Phil-Murrah F 1 (PM F 1 ) (Murrah Buffalo x PC), Philmurrah<br />

F 1 (PM F 1 ) (Murrah x Buffalo x PC) and Phil-<br />

Murrah F 2 (PM F 2 ) (Phil-Murrah x Phil-Murrah) was<br />

studied. A total of 12 buffalo bulls (4 each of PC, PM F 1 ,<br />

and PM F 2 ) were used. The bubaline trachea was noncollapsible<br />

tube which extends from the cricoid cartilage<br />

cranially to the root of the lung where it is divided into right<br />

and left principal bronchi. A short distance cranial to its<br />

bifurcation, the trachea gave of the tracheal bronchus<br />

(epibronchus). In the PC, the opening of the tracheal<br />

bronchus involved tracheal cartilages 46 to 48, whereas,<br />

in PMF 1 and PMF 2 crossbreds, tracheal cartilages 45 to<br />

49. The length of the trachea, number of tracheal cartilages,<br />

number of fused cartilages, horizontal and vertical<br />

diameters, and the thickness and width of the cartilages of<br />

the three breed types were analyzed using One-way<br />

analysis covariance (ANACOVA), with weight of the<br />

animal as covariate. The length of the trachea of the three<br />

breed types was not significantly different from one another<br />

(P>0.05). The number of the tracheal cartilages of the PM<br />

F 1 (55.03+1.0) were significantly greater (P

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