Morphometric characterization of the airway and vascular systems of the lung of the domestic pig, Sus scrofa: Comparison of the airway, arterial and venous systems

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 781-798

  Maina, John N ^a   Van Gils, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artery; Bronchus; Capillary; Fractal geometry; Lung; Pig; Respiration; Vein

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRONCHUS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; LUNG LOBE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SWINE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 0034750546     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00411-1     Document Type: Article

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