Is the sheet-flow design a 'frozen core' (a Bauplan) of the gas exchangers? Comparative functional morphology of the respiratory microvascular systems: Illustration of the geometry and rationalization of the fractal properties

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 491-515

  Maina, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood; Fractal Geometry; Gills; Lung; Respiration; Sheet flow; Skin

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BREATHING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GAS EXCHANGE; GILL; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DIFFUSION; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034253570     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00218-X     Document Type: Review

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