Bones in the heart skeleton of the otter (Lutra lutra)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 485-491

  Egerbacher, Monika ^a   Weber, Heike ^b   Hauer, Silke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Univ of Veterinary Medicine Vienna ^*

Author keywords

Cardiac skeleton; Cartilage; Extracellular matrix; Os cordis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CALCIFICATION; CARNIVORA; CARTILAGE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIFFERENTIATION; HEART; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HEART; HYALIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OTTERS;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034070185     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002187829900641X     Document Type: Article

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