Role of the left aortic arch and blood flows in embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-401

  Eme, John ^a   Crossley II, Dane A ^a   Hicks, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac shunt; Chorioallantoic membrane; Ductus arteriosus; Hypoxia; Left aorta; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHORIOALLANTOIS; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; LIGATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULARIZATION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; AORTA, THORACIC; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; HEMODYNAMICS; LIGATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; AMNIOTA; REPTILIA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 79952659849     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0494-6     Document Type: Article

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