Advanced Morphological and radiological studies on the stifle joint of Egyptian Baladi goat (Capra Hircus)

The study was carried out to describe normal anatomy of the stifle joint of the Egyptian Baladi goat using; gross anatomy, arterial blood supply, radiology and computed tomography (CT) with the corresponding anatomical sections, which were used to facilitate the interpretation of the CT images and the arteriography. Eighteen pelvic limbs of adult healthy Egyptian baladi goats were used and only one live animal. Our results recorded that the ridges of the femoral trochlea were sagittal; the sacs of the joint were communicated all together; the distal compartment of the lateral sac had an oblique recess that directed caudodistally and partially surrounded the tendon of origin of the popliteus muscle that acted as a bursa. There was one patellar ligament and no intermeniscal ligament. The stifle joint was supplied by the descending genicular, genus suprema and caudal femoral branches of the femoral artery as well as the popliteal and cranial tibial artery. The CT images used to recognize the bony and the soft tissue structures of the stifle joint like femur, tibia, menisci and cranial and caudal cruciate ligaments