Normal Reptile Heart Morphology and Function

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-63

  Wyneken, Jeanette ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrium; Cardiac; Cavum arteriosum; Cavum venosum; Muscular ridge; Myocardium; Vacum pulmonale; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEART; REPTILES;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA;

EID: 58149188886     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2008.08.001     Document Type: Review

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