... of moving morphology (XROMM) to measure rib kinematics during lung ventilation in three savannah monitor lizards ( Varanus exanthematicus ). All of the dorsal ribs, including the floating ribs, contributed to ventilation; the magnitude and kinematic pattern showed no detectable cranial-to-caudal gradient...

... properties Varanus kinematics jaw prehension In many vertebrate lineages, the function and morphology of the feeding structures are influenced by the adaptive pressures that stem from diet. The effects include adaptation of the jaw apparatus (e.g. Rodriguez-Robles et al., 1999 ; Ferry-Graham...

...N. Heisler; P. Neumann; G. M. O. Maloiy ABSTRACT Intracardiac shunting was studied in unanaesthetized and unrestrained specimens of Varanus exanthematicus by simultaneous injection of radio- actively labelled microspheres (15 μm ) into the right and left atria. Lung ventilation was monitored...