Development of the movement of the epiglottis in infant and juvenile pigs

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 339-349

  Crompton, Alfred W ^a   German, Rebecca Z ^a,b   Thexton, Allan J ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Palatopharyngeal sphincter; Soft palate; Swallow mechanism

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIGLOTTIS; FLUOROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MINIPIG; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOWING; SWINE; VIDEORECORDING; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEGLUTITION; EPIGLOTTIS; FLUOROSCOPY; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; VIDEO RECORDING; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 46949111973     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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