The arterial system of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-50

  Melnikov, V V ^a,b  

^a IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NECK; OPTIC NERVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION; WHALE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; NECK; OPTIC NERVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORAX; UTERUS; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MACROCEPHALUS; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON;

EID: 0031260205     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199710)234:1<37::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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