VSR 421: Regional Veterinary Surgery (2+1)

Anatomical considerations

 ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATION

• The guttural pouches are caudoventral diverticula of the auditory tube. The capacity of each pouch approximates 300ml, is divided into a medial and lateral compartment by the invagination of the stylohyoid bone. The mucosal lining of each pouch is secretory and is being covered by ciliated pseudo stratified epithelium with goblet cells and gland. The mucosal lining is generally thinner than that of nasopharynx.
• The following are the important affections of the guttural pouches
  • Guttural pouch tympany/ Tympanites
  • Guttural pouch empyema/ Collection of pus in the guttural pouch
  • Mycosis
  • Neoplasia
  • Cyst