Under pressure: anatomical clues suggesting physiological adaptation to the hydrostatic pressures of deep diving in phocid seals
Abstract
Hooded seal skulls have large canals running sagittally in the bone. These spaces, filled by structures termed diploic veins, have been largely undocumented. This project suggests an evolutionary basis for these veins as protection against venous collapse.
Keywords:
biological sciences, marine biology, anatomy, physiology, seals
Status
Undergraduate
Department
Biological Sciences
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Campus
Athens
Faculty Mentor
Witmer, Lawrence
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Under pressure: anatomical clues suggesting physiological adaptation to the hydrostatic pressures of deep diving in phocid seals
Hooded seal skulls have large canals running sagittally in the bone. These spaces, filled by structures termed diploic veins, have been largely undocumented. This project suggests an evolutionary basis for these veins as protection against venous collapse.