Anatomy of dolphins : insights into body structure and function /

Anatomy of dolphins : insights into body structure and function /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cozzi, Bruno, author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource : color illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Dolphins -- Anatomy. Dolphins -- Anatomy.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11266996

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Other authors / contributors:	Huggenberger, Stefan, author. Oelschläger, Helmut A., author. Demma, Massimo, 1955- illustrator. Gorter, Uko, illustrator. Oelschläger, Jutta, illustrator.
ISBN:	9780124076556 0124076556 9780124072299 0124072291
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2016).
Other form:	Print version: Cozzi, Bruno. Anatomy of dolphins. Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2017] 0124072291 9780124072299

Table of Contents:

Natural history and evolution of dolphins : short history of dolphin anatomy
General appearance and hydrodynamics (including skin anatomy)
Locomotion (including osteology and myology)
Diving : breathing, respiration, and the circulatory system
Head and senses
Brain, spinal cord, and cranial nerves
Body control : the endocrine system and the peripheral nervous system
Feeding and the digestive system
Urinary system, genital systems, and reproduction
Neurobiology and the evolution of dolphins.