Nasal conchae function as aerodynamic baffles: Experimental computational fluid dynamic analysis in a turkey nose (Aves: Galliformes)

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 234, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-46

  Bourke, Jason M ^a   Witmer, Lawrence M ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baffles; Computational fluid dynamics; Conchae; Nasal passage; Turbinates; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRISTA NASALIS; HEAT TRANSFER; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NOSE AIRFLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SIMULATION; TURBINATE; TURKEY (BIRD); ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUNG VENTILATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NOSE CAVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASAL CAVITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURBINATES; TURKEYS;

EID: 84990200830     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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