‘Area cribrosa’ is a feature seen in the kidney of the following animal?

VAN-0045

QUESTION

‘Area cribrosa’ is a feature seen in the kidney of the following animal?

OPTIONS

(A) Horse
(B) Ox
(C) Fowl
(D) Dog

ANSWER

(A) Horse

EXPLANATION

The area cribrosa is a distinctive feature of the renal pelvis of the horse, where numerous openings of the papillary ducts occur in the cribriform area. The kidneys of ox, fowl, and dog have different anatomical arrangements and do not show this characteristic horse feature.

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