Functional morphology of the sound-generating labia in the syrinx of two songbird species

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-36

  Riede, Tobias ^a   Goller, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Extracellular matrix; Hyaluronan; Labia; Lateral asymmetry; Layer structure; Syrinx; Vocal fold

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ACOUSTICS; ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINCH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; SYRINX; TRACHEA; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRACHEA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 73149093818     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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