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Eye Movements in Frogs and Salamanders—Testing the Palatal Buccal Pump Hypothesis

In frogs and salamanders, movements of the eyeballs in association with an open palate have often been proposed to play a functional role in lung breathing. In this “palatal buccal pump,” the eyeballs are elevated during the lowering of the buccal floor to suck air in through the nares, and the eyeb...

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Autores principales: Witzmann, F, Brainerd, E L, Konow, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7671152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33791526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obz011

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