A unique vascular configuration among the efferent branchial arteries and splanchnic arteries in the yellow stingray, Urobatis jamaicensis

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-196

  Basten, Bethany L ^a   Sherman, Robin L ^a   Lametschwandtner, Alois ^b   Spieler, Richard E ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Corrosion cast; Dorsal aorta; Elasmobranch; Epibranchial; Gastric arteries; Splanchnic circulation; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINAL ROOT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SKATES (FISH); SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

ELASMOBRANCHII; UROBATIS JAMAICENSIS;

EID: 69849112593     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927609090369     Document Type: Article

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