Observations on the external morphology and vasculature of a fetal heart of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 556-581

  Tarpley, Raymond J ^a   Hillmann, Daniel J ^b   Henk, William G ^b   George, John C ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale; Cetacea; coronary vasculature; heart morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FETUS HEART; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; VETERINARY ANATOMY; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 0030990467     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199704)247:4<556::AID-AR14>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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