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Rib kinematics during lung ventilation in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis): an XROMM analysis
The current hypothesis regarding the mechanics of breathing in crocodylians is that the double-headed ribs, with both a capitulum and tuberculum, rotate about a constrained axis passing through the two articulations; moreover, this axis shifts in the caudal thoracic ribs, as the vertebral parapophys...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Company of Biologists Ltd
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5612015/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28855323 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.156166 |