INVESTIGADORES
CASANAVE Emma Beatriz
artículos
Título:
Absence of apnea in armadillos covered by soil
Autor/es:
AFFANNI, J.M.; GARCÍA SAMARTINO, L.; CASANAVE E.B.; DEZI, R.
Revista:
RESPIRATION PHYSIOLOGY
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 1987 vol. 67 p. 239 - 245
ISSN:
0034-5687
Resumen:
The armadillo Chaetophractus villosus shows a remarkable respiratory adaptation when the nostrils are completely covered by soil: it is able to maintain efficient respiratory movements with the corresponding filling of the lungs, thanks to a mechanism that allows it to use the air filling the space between the soil particles, without invasion of the nasal cavities by those particles.
