A Preliminary Study on the Siphon Mechanism in Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Long-necked animals like giraffes face the challenge of adequately supplying blood to the brain. The heart of such tall animals must work harder to pump blood over a 2 m head-to-heart distance against the force of gravity compared to a short-necked animal. Does a mechanism exist to a...

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Autores principales: van der Walt, Marna Suzanne, Daffue, Willem, Goedhals, Jacqueline, van der Merwe, Sean, Deacon, Francois
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9740075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36496868
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12233348

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9740075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36496868
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12233348

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