Morphology of the tracheobronchial tree of the Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
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Morphology of the tracheobronchial tree of the Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica).
To contribute to the phylogenetic evaluation of the river dolphin, the morphology of the tracheobronchial tree of the Ganges river dolphin was analyzed according to Nakakuki's fundamental bronchial tree model of mammals. In the right lung, the bronchial tree consists of the tracheal bronchus, five lateral series bronchi, three dorsal series bronchi and one ventral series bronchus. In the left l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0030-154X
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.67.4_289