In vivo and in vitro bone strain in the owl monkey circumorbital region and the function of the postorbital septum

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-215

  Ross, Callum F ^a   Hylander, William L ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoid origins; Evolutionary morphology; Lateral orbital wall; Mastication

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; ORBIT;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MASTICATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORBIT; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0029764403     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199610)101:2<183::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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