Visualization of the changes in mandibular canal volume over time.

<p>The white arrow shows the incisive canal, which is the anterior prolongation of the mandibular canal. The lower image shows the merged segmentations to enable a better visual comparison. The orange segmentation is at 17m and the bright blue at 21m.</p

(A) Position of the heart sample cross section, note fat deposits in coronary sulcus, (B) the locations of the measurements taken for each ventricular structure, (C) Arachis hypogaea Lectin stained blood capillaries (brown), and (D) stylized plot showing how intercapillary distance was determined.

<p>(A) Position of the heart sample cross section, note fat deposits in coronary sulcus, (B) the locations of the measurements taken for each ventricular structure, (C) Arachis hypogaea Lectin stained blood capillaries (brown), and (D) stylized plot showing how intercapillary distance was determined.</p

Visualization of the changes in mandibular canal volume over time.

<p>The white arrow shows the incisive canal, which is the anterior prolongation of the mandibular canal. The lower image shows the merged segmentations to enable a better visual comparison. The orange segmentation is at 17m and the bright blue at 21m.</p

Growth of heart in the wild- and meat-type turkeys.

<p>(A) Plot of heart mass (g) versus total body mass (kg), (B) relative heart mass (%) versus age in weeks, (C) relative thickness of the left ventricular wall (mm/kg) and (D) relative thickness of the right ventricular wall (mm/kg). Graphs B, C, and D are presented as boxplots with medians and whiskers with maximum 1.5 of the interquartile range (IQR), (o) suspected outliers and (☆) outliers.</p

Mean ± SD of the cross sectional area and the diameter of cardiomyocytes, number of capillaries, area occupied by capillaries, intercapillary distance and the number of the cardiomyocytes per capillary of meat-type versus wild-type turkeys.

<p>Mean ± SD of the cross sectional area and the diameter of cardiomyocytes, number of capillaries, area occupied by capillaries, intercapillary distance and the number of the cardiomyocytes per capillary of meat-type versus wild-type turkeys.</p

Medial longitudinal excavation of the mandibular canal of a Göttingen minipigs’ right hemimandible showing the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle.

<p>The inset shows the inferior alveolar nerve (2) and the inferior alveolar vein (1) and artery (3). The mandibular foramen is indicated by a black ellipse.</p

Mandibular canals and inferior alveolar vessels.

<p>Where (A) shows the typical mandibular canal outline (12.5 ml) of a 21-month-old animal. Image (B) shows the same canal but with the inferior alveolar artery (red) having a straight route and the inferior alveolar vein (blue) having an undulating route. In Image C, the inferior alveolar vessels anteriorly have a straight course.</p

Mean values and standard deviations of all measured parameters.

<p>Because data from all measure of the left and right hemimandibles were statistically similar, data from the left and right hemimandibles were pooled for this table.</p

Dot plots of the measured parameters VCM (A), LCM (B), MVD (C) and MOD (D).

<p>The blue circles are for the left and the red squares for the right hemimandibles. VCM is given in millilitres, all others in millimetres.</p

Overview of the correlation between left and right hemimandibles, correlation with age and with body weight.

<p>A correlation coefficient (r) between 0.45 to 0.59 was considered to be a moderate correlation, whereas a correlation coefficient between 0.60 to 0.79 was considered to be a strong and from 0.80 to 1.0 to be a very strong correlation. The significance levels are reported as *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; ^ns = p>0.05.</p