Functional morphology of venous structures associated with the male and female reproductive systems in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 339-347

  Rommel, Sentiel A ^a   Pabst, D Ann ^b   McLellan, William A ^c  

^a FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Manatee; Reproduction; Sirenia; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVING; EPIDIDYMIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MANATEE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SPERM; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; TRICHECHUS; UTERUS; VEINS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 0035576143     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10022     Document Type: Article

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