Villiform processes in the pharynx of the soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx sinensis japonicus, functioning as a respiratory and presumably salt uptaking organ in the water

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-192

  Yokosuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishiyama, Mikio ^a   Yoshie, Sumio ^a   Fujita, Tsuneo ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TURTLE;

EID: 0033911205     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.63.181     Document Type: Article

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