Why do we have to move fluid to be able to breathe?

The ability to breathe air represents a fundamental step in vertebrate evolution that was accompanied by several anatomical and physiological adaptations. The morphology of the air-blood barrier is highly conserved within air-breathing vertebrates. It is formed by three different plies, which are re...

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Main Authors: Martin eFronius, Wolfgang G. Clauss, Mike eAlthaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00146/full