Functional subdivision of the venom gland musculature and the regulation of venom expulsion in rattlesnakes

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-259

  Young, B A ^a   Zahn, K ^a   Blair, M ^a   Lalor, J ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartments; Contractile force; Feeding; Glycogen depletion; Lepidosauria; Physiology

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXOCRINE GLAND; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUTH; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GLYCOGEN; MOUTH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES;

EID: 0033662793     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4687(200012)246:3<249::AID-JMOR7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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