Morphological respiratory diffusion capacity of the lungs of ball pythons (Python regius)

Zoology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 245-254

  Matthias Starck, J ^a   Aupperle, Heike ^b   Kiefer, Ingmar ^b   Weimer, Isabel ^a   Krautwald Junghanns, Maria Elisabeth ^b   Pees, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung parenchyma; Morphometry; Oxygen exchange; Snakes; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOIDAE; DIFFUSION; EVOLUTION; LUNG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BOIDAE; DIFFUSION; LUNG; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

BOIDAE; PYTHON REGIUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 84864060192     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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