Gravitational gradients and blood flow patterns in specialized arboreal (Ahaetulla nasuta) and terrestrial (Crotalus adamanteus) snakes

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 481-493

  Young, Bruce A ^a,b   Wassersug, Richard J ^a   Pinder, Alan ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cardiovascular system; Carotid artery; Gravity; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAVITY; HEMODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SNAKE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROTALUS; GRAVITATION; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ROTATION; SNAKES;

EID: 0030879512     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050100     Document Type: Article

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