Anatomical and functional aspects of the nasal mucosal and ophthalmic retia of phocid seals

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: FOLKOW, L. P., BLIX, A. S., EIDE, T. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Alar; Phoca groenlandica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02439.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1988.tb02439.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02439.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb02439.x

The anatomy of the nasal conchae with their mucosal vasculature, as well as that of the ophthalmic retia mirabile of grey ( Halichoerus grypus ) and harp ( Phoca groenlandica ) seals were investigated by dissection, injection and histological techniques. The highly convoluted nasal conchae had a sur...