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    A rete mirabile (Latin for "wonderful net"; pl.: retia mirabilia) is a complex of arteries and veins lying very close to each other, found in some vertebrates...
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  • set Mirabile, Missouri, a community in the United States Mirabile illud, a Papal Encyclical Rete mirabile, an anatomical feature Horologium mirabile Lundense...
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  • structures: Rete canalis hypoglossi, Rete carpale dorsale, Rete mirabile, Rete ovarii, Rete patellare, Rete pegs and ridges, Rete testes, Rete venosum. Plexus...
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    using a special structure in the gill blood vessels called the rete mirabile. The rete mirabile is a dense network of blood vessels where the warm blood flowing...
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  • specifically in biologic systems. In vertebrates, they are called a rete mirabile, originally the name of an organ in fish gills for absorbing oxygen...
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    prevent premature oxygen dissociation from hemoglobin as it is warmed in rete mirabile. Root effect and a large Bohr factor were also observed at 23 °C (73 °F)...
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    buoyancy. This process begins with the acidification of the blood in the rete mirabile when the gas gland excretes lactic acid and produces carbon dioxide...
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    Junpei; Ismail, Dahlan bin; Endo, Hideki (2007). "Absence of carotid rete mirabile in small tropical ruminants: implications for the evolution of the arterial...
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    cooled blood, and coronary circulation is directly from the gills. The rete mirabile ("wonderful net"), the intertwining of veins and arteries in the body's...
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    temperature warmer than the surrounding water. One of these adaptations is a "rete mirabile" (Latin for "wonderful net"). This close web-like structure of veins...
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