The lung of the common toad, Bufo arenarum (Anura: Bufonidae). A light and electron microscopy study

Biocell

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-26

  Hermida, Gladys N ^a   Fiorito, Luisa E ^a   Farías, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Lung; Morphology; Pneumocyte; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOBLET CELL; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MESOTHELIUM; MICROSCOPY; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM; BUFONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031800750     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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