Morphology of the Tracheobronchial Tree and the Route of the Pulmonary Artery in the Fetal Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Kida, Masahiko Y ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baleen whales; Bronchus (bronchiole); Pulmonary artery; Ramification pattern; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRACHEA; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; TERMINOLOGY; TRACHEA; WHALES;

EID: 0032242930     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.75.5_251     Document Type: Article

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