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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00146/full |