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The aim of the study was to describe the morphology and the development of the extraocular muscles (EOMs) in the pre-hatchling and post-hatchling African black ostrich. The study involved 50 birds aged between 28 days and 3 years. The EOMs were analyzed morphologically with respect to the location and length of the straight and oblique muscles and the third eyelid muscles, the length and breadth of their tendons as well as the distance and shape of the muscle tendon insertions at the corneal limbus. A histo-logical and histometric analysis were also carried out. The greatest increase in the length of the EOMs was noted in groups III-V. A marked increase in the length of the tendons of the dorsal straight muscle was found in groups II and III, in the tendons of the nasal straight muscle in groups IV and V, in the tendons of the dorsal oblique muscle in groups III to V and in the tendons of the ventral oblique muscle in groups IV and V. There was a signifcant increase in the breadth of the dorsal straight and ventral oblique muscle tendons in groups IV and V and the tendons of the pyramidal muscle in groups III and V. The distance of the distal insertion of the tendon at the corneal limbus increased steadily with age in all the examined groups. The number of fascicles and muscle fbres, their diameter and length in all the studied EOMs were different in the different groups.
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Klećkowska-Nawrot, J., Goździewska-Harłajczuk, K., Barszcz, K. et al. Morphology of the Extraocular Muscles (M. Bulbi) in the Pre-Hatchling and Post-Hatchling African Black Ostriches (Struthio Camelus Domesticus L., 1758) (Aves: Struthioniformes). BIOLOGIA FUTURA 69, 42–57 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2018.1.4
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