Respiratory physiology: strange cycles and the fruit-fly's tongue.
Drosophila in flight show an unexpected cyclicity in gas exchange even at constant metabolic flux rates--perhaps because regular proboscis extensions assist in providing oxygen to the fly's brain.
Lighton
John R B
JR
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005426:Flight, Animal; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D015657:Respiratory Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D014870:Water Loss, Insensible / Q000502:physiology*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen