Gross Morphology of the Intra-Oral rhamphotheca, Oropharynx and Proximal Oesophagus of the Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-218

  Crole, M R ^a   Soley, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; EPIDERMIS; ESOPHAGUS; HISTOLOGY; OROPHARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DROMAIIDAE; EPIDERMIS; ESOPHAGUS; OROPHARYNX; PALAEOGNATHAE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 77954041349     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2010.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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