Descriptive study of the diaphragm and l
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Steven F. Perry; Anke Schmitz; Niels A. Andersen; Bernd R. Wallau; Stewart Nicol
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In this descriptive study, we characterize the diaphragm and lungs of the short-nosed echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, using a combination of gross anatomical, light-microscopic, electron microscopic, and morphometric techniques, including airway casting. The diaphragm is inclined from ventro-crania