Functional respiratory morphology in the newborn quokka wallaby (Setonix brachyurus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-36

  Makanya, A N ^a   Tschanz, S A ^b   Haenni, B ^b   Burri, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Lung; Marsupial; Morphology; Morphometry; Neonate; Quokka; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EPIDERMIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAS EXCHANGE; KANGAROO; LAMELLAR BODY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 1; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MESENCHYME CELL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD-AIR BARRIER; CAPILLARIES; LUNG; MACROPODIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

METATHERIA; SETONIX BRACHYURUS;

EID: 34447117197     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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