Investigation of Connective Tissue Fibers in the Spleen of Sheep Fetuses (Second and Third Trimester)

Year 2025, Volume: 36 Issue: 1, 41 - 46, 26.03.2025

Banu Kandil , Füsun Erhan Baycumendur , Fatma İşbilir

https://doi.org/10.36483/vanvetj.1595092

Abstract

The aim of this study was to reveal the development of connective tissue fibers in the spleen of sheep fetuses. For this purpose, two different study groups were formed, consisting of the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. In this study, a total of 12 sheep fetuses were used, with 6 fetuses in each group. The fetal spleen tissues were fixed in 10% formaldehyde. Subsequently, routine histological procedures were applied to the tissue samples. Tissue sections were stained using Gordon Sweet's silver staining method to identify reticular fibers, Masson's trichrome staining method to identify collagen fibers, and Verhoeff's Van Gieson staining method to identify elastic fibers. The collagen, elastic, and reticular fibers were observed in the capsules and trabeculae of the spleen of sheep fetuses in the second and third trimesters. The collagen fibers were long and wavy, while the elastic fibers were short and wavy in structure. The reticulum fibers formed networks by anastomosing. Additionally, the elastic fibers were interwoven with collagen fibers, and the collagen, reticular, and elastic fibers were denser in the third trimester compared to the second trimester. In addition, reticular fibers were dominant in the spleens of sheep fetuses in both trimesters. As a result, collagen, reticular, and elastic fibers were observed in the spleens of sheep fetuses during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. It was determined that with fetal development, the connective tissue fibers developed.

Keywords

Connective tissue fibers, Fetal development, Sheep, Spleen

Project Number

No financial support was received from any institution for this study

Koyun Fetüslarının (İkinci ve Üçüncü Trimester) Dalağında Bağ Doku İpliklerinin Araştırılması

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı koyun fetüslarının dalağında bağ doku ipliklerinin gelişimini ortaya koymaktır. Bu amaçla gebeliğin ikinci ve üçüncü trimesteri olmak üzere iki farklı çalışma grubu oluşturuldu. Bu çalışmada her grupta 6 fetüs olmak üzere toplam 12 koyun fetüsü kullanıldı. Fetüsların dalak dokusu %10 formaldehitte tespit edildi. Daha sonra doku örneklerine rutin histolojik işlemler uygulandı. Retiküler iplikleri belirlemek için Gordon Sweet's gümüşleme boyama yöntemi, kollegen iplikleri belirlemek için Masson’s trichrome boyama yöntemi ve elastik iplikleri belirlemek için Verhoeff’ s Van Gieson boyama yöntemi ile doku kesitleri boyandı. İkinci ve üçüncü trimesterdeki koyun fetüslarının dalağının kapsül ve trabeküllerinde kollagen, elastik ve retiküler iplikler gözlendi. Kollagen iplikler uzun ve dalgalı, elastik iplikler ise kısa ve dalgalı yapıdaydı. Retikulum iplikler anastomozlaşarak ağlar oluşturmuştu. Ayrıca elastik iplikler kollagen iplikler ile örülü halde idi. Gebeliğin ikinci trimesterine kıyasla gebeliğin üçüncü trimesterinde kollagen, retiküler ve elastik ipliklerin daha yoğun olduğu gözlendi. Ayrıca her iki trimesterde koyun fetüslarının dalağında retiküler iplikler baskındı. Sonuç olarak gebeliğin ikinci ve üçüncü trimesterinde koyun fetüslarının dalağında kollagen, retiküler ve elastik iplikler gözlendi. Fötal gelişim ile birlikte bağ doku ipliklerinin geliştiği belirlendi.

Keywords

Bağ doku iplikleri, Dalak, Fötal gelişim, Koyun

Project Number

No financial support was received from any institution for this study

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