A qualitative and quantitative study of the lung of an ostrich, Struthio camelus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2313-2330

  Maina, John N ^a   Nathaniel, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Birds; Lung; Morphology; Morphometry; Ostrich; Ratite; Respiration; Size; Struthio camelus

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BREATHING; BRONCHUS; CAPILLARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; OSTRICH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; CAPILLARIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OXYGEN; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRONCHUS; CAMELUS; PALAEOGNATHAE; STRUTHIO CAMELUS;

EID: 0035746251     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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