Evolutionary implications of the distribution and variation of the skeletal muscles of the anuran lymphatic system

Lymphatic return to the circulation in anurans is dependent upon the interaction of a number of skeletal muscles and lung deflation. We define character states and describe variation of these putative lymphatic skeletal muscles: the M. cutaneus pectoris (CP), M. cutaneus dorsi (CD), M. piriformis (P...

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Main Authors: Drewes, R., Hillman, S., Hedrick, M., Withers, Philip
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52025