The heart of the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1066-1077

  Jensen, Bjarke ^a   Abe, Augusto S ^b   Andrade, Denis V ^b   Nyengaard, Jens R ^a   Wang, Tobias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cardiovascular; Heart; Sauropsid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HEART VALVE; HISTOLOGY; SNAKE; SOUTH AMERICA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CROTALUS;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; CROTALUS; HEART; HEART VALVES; SOUTH AMERICA;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; SAUROPSIDA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 77955860719     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10854     Document Type: Article

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