V-shaped cushion at the origin of bovine pulmonary supernumerary arteries: Structure and putative function

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2348-2356

  Shaw, Angus M ^a   Bunton, David C ^a   Fisher, Alan ^a   McGrath, John C ^b   Montgomery, Ian ^b   Daly, Craig ^b   MacDonald, Allan ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baffle valve; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular bed; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; HISTOLOGY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPHINCTER;

EID: 0032805661     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.6.2348     Document Type: Article

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