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Studies of diving have led to the identification of the vertebrate animal's ultimate defense against asphyxia: a gross redistribution of the circulation that concentrates oxygen in the brain and heart...
Studies of diving have led to the identification of the vertebrate animal's ultimate defense against asphyxia: a gross redistribution of the circulation that concentrates oxygen in the brain and heart...
These words are a translation of rete mirabile, an arrangement of blood vessels in which animals can conserve heat and oxygen pressure by applying the principle of counter-current exchange...
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