Unique role of skeletal muscle contraction in vertical lymph movement in anurans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 3931-3939

  Drewes, Robert C ^a   Hedrick, Michael S ^b   Hillman, Stanley S ^c   Withers, Philip C ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran; Chaunus marinus; Lithobates catesbeiana; Lymph heart; Skeletal muscle; Urostyle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FROGS AND TOADS; LYMPH; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LYMPH; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 37249058809     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009548     Document Type: Article

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