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J Exp Biol (2024) 227 (18): jeb248139.
Published: 25 September 2024
.../ Summary: The respiratory system of American alligators is well equipped to effectively eliminate CO 2 during intense physical activity, maintaining stable arterial P CO 2  levels without any signs of limitations in pulmonary CO 2 diffusion. Cardiovascular Reptile Crocodilian Ectotherm...
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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (5): 845–852.
Published: 1 March 2012
...Suzanne L. Munns; Tomasz Owerkowicz; Sarah J. Andrewartha; Peter B. Frappell SUMMARY Crocodilians use a combination of three muscular mechanisms to effect lung ventilation: the intercostal muscles producing thoracic movement, the abdominal muscles producing pelvic rotation and gastralial...
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J Exp Biol (2010) 213 (15): 2673–2680.
Published: 1 August 2010
... to comparative physiologists. The unique cardiac anatomy of crocodilians – a four-chambered heart with the dual aortic arch system – allows for only right-to-left (R–L; pulmonary bypass) cardiac shunt and for surgical elimination of this shunt. Surgical removal of the R–L shunt, by occluding the left aorta (LAo...
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J Exp Biol (2003) 206 (20): 3601–3606.
Published: 15 October 2003
... crocodilian Caiman latirostris osteoderm dermal bone diving lactic acid Bone is an important source of acid-base buffering in many organisms. The most familiar mechanism, the release of carbonates, is common to numerous organisms with calcified skeletons or exoskeletons, including vertebrates...
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J Exp Biol (1998) 201 (15): 2235–2242.
Published: 1 August 1998
... the vessels mechanically and thus to alter blood pressure ( Berger et al. 1980 ) or the isolation of the baroreceptive areas using an open-loop arrangement ( West and Van Vliet, 1983 ). Both methods require a precise knowledge of the location of the baroreceptive areas, which is lacking for crocodilians...