The fish in the turtle: On the functionality of the oropharynx in the common musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus (chelonia, kinosternidae) concerning feeding and underwater respiration

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1416-1424

  Heiss, Egon ^a   Nikolay, Natchev ^a   Christian, Beisser ^a   Patrick, Lemell ^a   Josef, Weisgram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aquatic gas exchange; Feeding; Oral cavity; Pharyngeal papillae; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TONGUE; TURTLE; ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OROPHARYNX; RESPIRATION; TONGUE; TURTLES;

EMYDIDAE; EMYS ORBICULARIS; KINOSTERNIDAE; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 77955620603     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21185     Document Type: Article

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