Scaling of organ subunits in adult mammals and birds: A model

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-106

  Prothero, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Birds; Kidney; Lung; Mammals; Model; Organs; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CAPILLARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MAMMAL; NEPHRON; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAPILLARIES; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LUNG; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHRONS; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030077668     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)02039-X     Document Type: Article

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