Fine structure of the pecten oculi in the Australian galah (Eolophus roseicapillus) (Aves)

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 565-571

  Braekevelt, C R ^a   Richardson, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aves; Eolophus roseicapillus; fine structure; galah; pecten oculi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAPILLARIES; CELL SIZE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; RETINAL VESSELS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; EOLOPHUS ROSEICAPILLUS; LAMIINAE; MAMMALIA; PECTEN; REPTILIA;

EID: 0030037596     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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