A comparative study of mammalian tracheal mucous glands

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 361-372

  Choi, H K ^a   Finkbeiner, W E ^b   Widdicombe, J H ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway mucous glands; Airway mucus secretion; Tracheal anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MOUSE; MUCUS GLAND; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TRACHEA; TRACHEA MUCUS; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GOATS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MICE; MUCUS; RABBITS; RATS; SHEEP; SWINE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0033659573     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002187829900669X     Document Type: Article

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