Respiratory organs -- Evolution

Respiratory biology of animals: evolutionary and functional morphology

by Perry, Steven F., Lambertz, Markus, Schmitz, Anke

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Oxygen uptake for metabolic energy demand and the elimination of the resulting carbon dioxide is one of the essential processes in all higher life forms; in the case of animals, everything from protozoans to insects and vertebrates including humans. Respiratory Biology of Animal…

Respiratory biology of animals: evolutionary and functional morphology

by Perry, Steven F., Lambertz, Markus, Schmitz, Anke

0 Type: Book

This book discusses aerobic metabolism at all levels, from the gas exchange organs to mitochondria including aspects of morphology and physiology as well as the control of breathing in the central nervous system.