Countercurrent blood vessel arrangement in beaver (Castor canadensis)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1979, Pages 169-175

  Cutright, Warren J ^a   McKean, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CIRCULATION; MAMMAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0018664810     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1051610205     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Temperature changes in blood flowing in arteries and veins in man
2. Some morphological, physiological and behavioral specializations in North American beavers (Castor canadensis)
3. The carotid and orbital retia of the pronghorn, deer and elk
4. Arteriovenous heat exchange systems in the Jackass penguin (Speniscus demersus)
5. Thermoregulation in the Wood Stork, with special reference to the role of the legs
6. Temperature dependence of the circulation pattern in the upper extremities
7. Counter‐current heat exchange and vascular bundles in sloths
8. Counter‐current vascular heat exchange in the fins of whales
9. Thermoregulation, importance of the Beaver's tail