Animal anatomy has traditionally relied on detailed dissections to produce anatomical
illustrations, but modern imaging modalities, such as MRI and CT, now represent an …

The pig (Sus scrofa) is one of the most important animal species used for meat production
worldwide, playing a fundamental role in numerous cultures from Southern Europe to the …

In hypoxia, air-breathing fish obtain O2 from the air but continue to excrete CO2 into the
water. Consequently, it is believed that some O2 obtained by air-breathing is lost at the gills …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive imaging technique that today
constitutes one of the main pillars of preclinical and clinical imaging. MRI's capacity to depict …

Abstract The Human Placenta Project has focused attention on the need for noninvasive
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based techniques to diagnose and monitor placental …

Critical failures associated with current engineered bone grafts involve insufficient induction
of osteogenesis of the implanted cells and lack of vascular integration between graft scaffold …

The performance of the placenta as a gas exchanger has a direct impact on the future health
of the newborn. To provide accurate estimates of respiratory gas exchange rates, placenta …

The retina has a very high energy demand but lacks an internal blood supply in most
vertebrates. Here we explore the hypothesis that oxygen diffusion limited the evolution of …

Several parameters are important when choosing the most appropriate animal to model
human obstetrics, including gestation period, number of fetuses per gestation and placental …

Comparative anatomy and physiology are disciplines related to structures and mechanisms
in three-dimensional (3D) space. For the past centuries, scientific reports in these fields have …