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Spatial and functional relationships between air conduits and blood capillaries in the pulmonary gas exchange tissue of adult and developing chickens
(2011)
The documented data regarding the three-dimensional structure of the air capillaries (ACs), the ultimate sites of gas exchange in the avian lung is contradictory. Further, the mode of gas exchange, described as cross-current ...
Parabronchial angioarchitecture in developing and adult chickens.
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
The avian lung has a highly sophisticated morphology with a complex vascular system. Extant data regarding avian pulmonary angioarchitecture are few and contradictory. We used corrosion casting techniques, light microscopy, ...
Epithelial transformations in the establishment of the blood–gas barrier in the developing chick embryo lung
(Wiley, 2006)
The tall epithelium of the developing chick embryo lung is converted to a squamous one, which participates in formation of the thin blood–gas barrier. We show that this conversion occurred through processes resembling ...
The structural design of the bat wing web and its possible role in gas exchange.
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
The structure of the skin in the epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) wing and body trunk was studied with a view to understanding possible adaptations for gas metabolism and thermoregulation. In addition, gas ...
Microvascular endowment in the developing chicken embryo lung
(The American Physiological Society, 2007)
In the current study, the contribution of the major angiogenic mechanisms, sprouting and intussusception, to vascular development in the avian lung has been demonstrated. Sprouting guides the emerging vessels to form the ...
Erythrina abyssinica prevents meningoencephalitis in chronic Trypanosoma brucei brucei mouse model.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)
Human African trypanosomiasis is prevalent in Sub-sahara African countries that lie between 14° North and 29° south of the equator. Sixty million people are at risk of infection. Trypanosoma brucei gambesience occurs in ...
Functional respiratory morphology in the newborn quokka wallaby (Setonix brachyurus)
(Wiley, 2007)
A morphological and morphometric study of the lung of the newborn quokka wallaby (
Setonix brachyurus
) was
undertaken to assess its morphofunctional status at birth. Additionally, skin structure and morphometry ...
Microvascular growth, development, and remodeling in the embryonic avian kidney: the interplay between sprouting and intussusceptive angiogenic mechanisms
(Wiley, 2005)
Embryonic development is associated with extensive vascular growth and remodeling. We used immunohistochemical, light and electron microscopical techniques, as well as vascular casting methods to study the developing chick ...
Morphofunctional adaptations of the olfactory mucosa in postnatally developing rabbits
(2012)
Rabbits are born blind and deaf and receive unusually limited maternal
care. Consequently, their suckling young heavily rely on the olfactory
cue for nipple attachment. However, the postnatal morphofunctional
adaptations ...
Development and Remodeling of the Vertebrate Blood-Gas Barrier
(BioMed Research International, 2013)
During vertebrate development, the lung inaugurates as an endodermal bud from the primitive foregut. Dichotomous subdivision of the bud results in arborizing airways that form the prospective gas exchanging chambers, where ...