The mechanical properties of fin whale arteries are explained by novel connective tissue designs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 985-997

  Gosline, John M ^a   Shadwick, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic arch; Balaenoptera physalus; Collagen; Elastic modulus; Elastin; Fin whale; Lamellar unit

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; ICELAND; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC AORTA; WHALE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; ICELAND; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WHALES;

EID: 5844241248     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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