Eeeek Lilith has been Degloved!

[crumbilina]

It would be so hard not to go in and cut that dried part off! The 'strings' do look, ummmm, interesting. Wonder what they are? Tendons & ligaments?

I thought that too! The strings do look interesting...
Could they be nerves?
I dunno if nerves would be that big? Or visible at all...

 

[lilspaz68]

It would be so hard not to go in and cut that dried part off! The 'strings' do look, ummmm, interesting. Wonder what they are? Tendons & ligaments?

I thought that too! The strings do look interesting...
Could they be nerves?
I dunno if nerves would be that big? Or visible at all...

I am thinking ligaments? tendons are bigger and more supportive right? I don't think its nerves.

 

[crumbilina]

Ligaments generally connect bone to bone
Tendons connect muscle to bone
I think that both can be quite large... but I dunno about sizes

I just thought nerves because they come out of the spinal cord and are very hairlike.
This is about the extent of my knowledge for now - head is killing me and thinking is hard >.< lol

I miss anatomy class!

ETA: I was thinking the Cauda equina in mammals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauda_equina
(I just wikipedia'ed it... terrible, I know, but there is a good pic from gray's)
I wonder how this works in rats...

ETA#2: Ignore my ramblings, I have no idea what I am talking about today. I'm glad I am not doing anything important! My brain has officially left my body. I think I'm going to go home.
lol The Cauda Equina nerves leave the spinal column before the tail so that the legs can be innervated >_< *facepalm*

This is going to bother me for a while... just because I used to know this nerve stuff (not applicable to Lilith as I am pretty reluctant to say those are nerves) Its just one of those things, like when you are trying to remember someones name and its just gone for the moment.

ETA#3: LOL again. But looking at the diagram here http://www.ratbehavior.org/RatTails.htm it looks like it is most likely tendons. I'm gonna look at their references now, since now im interested in seeing how the tail is innervated

 

[Dazzle87]

My guess is dense connective tissue, I'm pretty sure it would take longer to break down than tendons. I'm not confident in my guess though :giggle:

 

[Joanne]

ETA#3: LOL again. But looking at the diagram here http://www.ratbehavior.org/RatTails.htm it looks like it is most likely tendons. I'm gonna look at their references now, since now im interested in seeing how the tail is innervated

Where are the nerves in this drawing? Kind of silly not to include them IMO....

 

[crumbilina]

ETA#3: LOL again. But looking at the diagram here http://www.ratbehavior.org/RatTails.htm it looks like it is most likely tendons. I'm gonna look at their references now, since now im interested in seeing how the tail is innervated

Where are the nerves in this drawing? Kind of silly not to include them IMO....

I thought so too... I looked for about an hour yesterday and saw nothing about nerves in the rat tail - lame! I was really interested in it! I will have to keep looking later today.

The paper where the figure was adapted from was looking at thermoregulation in the rat tail, so it makes sense that it was looking at blood supply since that is a large part of thermoregulation. It was pretty interesting actually! If you would like to read it let me know and I can send it to you... It is saved on my computer. But I think thats why they didnt include nerves in the diagram, in this case, they just didn't care. There are nerves that innervate the blood vessels, just no information on it.

 

[lilspaz68]

I talked to Dr Julia Hammond the other vet at Greenwood Park (I was calling about Dr. Munn, he is still VERY sick, but he is at home now).
I mentioned the stringy things and they are sinews. :thumbup:

 

[fenshae]

I was thinking sinew also -- I saw similar things in Beryl's tail when he sliced it open.

Good to see she's on the mend.

 

[crumbilina]

Glad he is at least back home now and on the mend!

Sinew is an old term, it is fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone or bone to muscle (Ligaments and tendons) lol Just thought I would add that

 

[lilspaz68]

Glad he is at least back home now and on the mend!

Sinew is an old term, it is fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone or bone to muscle (Ligaments and tendons) lol Just thought I would add that

but of course :doh:

 

[hprats]

Hahah I love the anatomy lessons going on here...
It is great to see her tail healing up though, the first picture looked just horrific. I'm looking forward to the final picture of her new stubby tail haha.

 

[Joanne]

LOL! When I think of sinew I think of the time when they used sinew to sew animal hides before thread was invented.
I too am waiting for the picture of the new stubby tail...

 

[jeffstarrunner1]

My rat is going through the same thing, did it heal?