The physiology of dinosaurs: Circulatory and respiratory function in the largest animals ever to walk the earth

Respiratory Care

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 887-911

  Pierson, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sacs; Avian respiration; Blood pressure; Circulation; Comparative physiology; Dead space; Dinosaurs; Endothermy; Evolution; Gas exchange; Respiration; Sauropods; Trachea

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BREATHING; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; LUNG DEAD SPACE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TRACHEA;

EID: 67650483695     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/002013209793800286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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