Micro‐CT technology was used to investigate the functional anatomy of the pharynx in the polychaete Glycera tridactyla. The study revealed a complex system of pharyngeal muscles, including ring muscles, retensor muscles, intestinal retractor muscles, and longitudinal muscles of the buccal tube and oesophagus.
Kleoniki Keklikoglou +5 more
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Envenoming by the rough-scaled snake (Tropidechis carinatus): a series of confirmed cases
Objective: To describe demographic, geographical and clinical features of envenoming by the rough-scaled snake (RSS) (Tropidechis carinatus). Design: setting and participants: Prospective cohort study of RSS snakebite victims, recruited between ...
Gavaghan, Chris +8 more
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Why is Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Impaired after Myonecrosis Induced by Viperid Snake Venoms?
Skeletal muscle regeneration after myonecrosis involves the activation, proliferation and fusion of myogenic cells, and a coordinated inflammatory response encompassing phagocytosis of necrotic cell debris, and the concerted synthesis of cytokines and ...
José María Gutiérrez +5 more
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Landscape heterogeneity is an important predictor of snake–human encounters in Eswatini
Our results suggest that large‐scale land use changes, such as disintegration of natural habitat into smaller patches of habitat, are associated with a significant increased likelihood of encountering a snake. This has important implications for both snakebite prevention and landscape conservation in southern Africa as habitats change and populations ...
Sara Padidar +4 more
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Parameter estimates from geostatistical model for envenoming snakebite incidence.
Parameter estimates from geostatistical model for envenoming snakebite incidence.
Geoffrey Kennedy Isbister (3156507) +11 more
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Mortality after snakebite envenoming in children: a scoping review
The objective of this scoping review is to assess the extent and type of evidence regarding risk factors for mortality after snakebite envenoming in ...
Lucy Guile +2 more
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Association Between Fear and Beauty Evaluation of Snakes: Cross-Cultural Findings
According to the fear module theory, humans are evolutionarily predisposed to perceive snakes as prioritized stimuli and exhibit a fast emotional and behavioral response toward them.
Eva Landová +12 more
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Tissue necrosis after canine bothropic envenoming: a case report
The authors report a case of bothropic envenoming in a male Cocker Spaniel. The animal was bitten in the ventral thoracic region, receiving treatment 4 hours later.
Ferreira Júnior, R. S. [UNESP] +1 more
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Jellyfish envenoming syndromes: unknown toxic mechanisms and unproven therapies [PDF]
Interest in envenoming syndromes caused by Australian jellyfish has been intense since the deaths in early 2002 of two tourists in Queensland, attributed to the Irukandji syndrome.
Bailey, Paul M. +3 more
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Fatal envenoming by the snake atractaspis newly recorded in the central region of Saudi Arabia
Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaA fatal case of snakebite led to the first recognition of the oasis burrowing asp, Atractaspis microlepidota engaddensis Hass, 1950:52 in the ...
Al-Sadoon, Mohamed K., Abdo, Nasr M.
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