Mechanics of lung ventilation in a larval salamander Ambystoma tigrinum

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2891-2901

  Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Amphibia; Aspiration; Buccal pump; Evolution; Exhalation; Hypaxial muscle; Lissamphibia; Physiology; Pulse pump; Respiration; Salamander; Urodela

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; LARVA; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; LARVA; LUNG; RESPIRATION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0032192308     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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