Publication Date:
2000-04-25
Description:
Computerized tomography scans of a ferruginous concretion within the chest region of an ornithischian dinosaur reveal structures that are suggestive of a four-chambered heart and a single systemic aorta. The apparently derived condition of the cardiovascular system in turn suggests the existence of intermediate-to-high metabolic rates among dinosaurs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Fisher, P E -- Russell, D A -- Stoskopf, M K -- Barrick, R E -- Hammer, M -- Kuzmitz, A A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Apr 21;288(5465):503-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Biomedical Imaging Facility, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA. PaulvFisher@ncsu.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10775107" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Aorta/anatomy & histology
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Basal Metabolism
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Birds/anatomy & histology/metabolism
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Body Weight
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*Fossils
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Heart/*anatomy & histology/radiography
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Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Iron Compounds/analysis
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Minerals
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Paleontology
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Reptiles/*anatomy & histology/*metabolism
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Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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X-Ray Diffraction
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
