Marcello Malpighi and the discovery of the pulmonary capillaries and alveoli

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative physiology; Embryology; Insect respiration; Plant anatomy; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; EMBRYOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG CAPILLARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA; ANIMAL; ART; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877125456     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00016.2013     Document Type: Article

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