Structure and biomechanical properties of the trachea of the striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba: Evidence for evolutionary adaptations to diving

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 500-510

  Cozzi, Bruno ^a   Bagnoli, Paola ^b   Acocella, Fabio ^c   Costantino, Maria Laura ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compression; Diving; Erectile tissue; Striped dolphin; Trachea

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; DOLPHIN; DURA MATER; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; MUCOSA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIVING; DOLPHINS; ENDOSCOPY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOATS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRACHEA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18244362320     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20182     Document Type: Article

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