Prioritizing blood flow: Cardiovascular performance in response to the competing demands of locomotion and digestion for the Burmese python, Python molurus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-88

  Secor, Stephen M ^a   White, Scott E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Tidmore Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial system; Blood flow; Cardiac output; Digestion; Intestinal hyperemia; Postprandial; Python molurus; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIET RESTRICTION; DIGESTION; HEART; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIGESTION; FASTING; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION;

PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 76149085185     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034058     Document Type: Article

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