The morphology of the pecten oculi of the ostrich, Struthio camelus

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 519-528

  Kiama, S G ^a,b   Maina, J N ^c   Bhattacharjee, J ^d   Mwangi, D K ^a   Macharia, R G ^e   Weyrauch, K D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^e Veterinary Basic Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian eye; Ostrich; Pecten oculi; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; OPTIC DISK; OSTRICH; PECTEN OCULI; PIGMENTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; VETERINARY ANATOMY; VISION; VITREOUS BODY;

AVES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PECTEN; STRUTHIO CAMELUS;

EID: 33750199543     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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