The right-to-left shunt of crocodilians serves digestion

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-137

  Farmer, C G ^a,b   Uriona, T J ^a   Olsen, D B ^b   Steenblik, M ^a   Sanders, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Utah Artificial Heart Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CROCODILIAN; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CIRCULATION; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; AMNIOTA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA;

EID: 39449108077     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524150     Document Type: Article

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