Structure and function of the hearts of lizards and snakes

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 302-336

  Jensen, Bjarke ^a,b   Moorman, Antoon F M ^b   Wang, Tobias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular physiology; Evolution; Heart; Heart rate; Reptile; Septation

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; HEART; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; HEART; LIZARDS; SNAKES;

EID: 84894362171     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12056     Document Type: Article

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