Anatomy of Mouse/Rat Tail

Transverse Sectional View of a Rat Tail

Diagram of a transverse sectional view of rat tail, lateral veins and ventral artery

Figure 1: Diagram of a transverse sectional view of a rat tail showing the dorsal vein (DV), lateral veins (LV), and ventral artery (VA). (Modified image reprinted from The Laboratory Rat, G.J. Krinke (Ed.), pp. 491, Copyright 2000)

Transverse Sectional View of a Mouse Tail


Figure 2:
Diagram of a transverse sectional view of the mouse tail, lateral veins and ventral artery. Kathryn Flynn, NIH - DVR - SoBran