Mechanisms of tongue protraction and narial closure in the marine toad Bufo marinus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2511-2529

  Nishikawa, Kiisa C ^a   Gans, Carl ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

breathing; Bufo marinus; denervation; feeding behavior; frogs; kinematics; tongue protraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TOAD; TONGUE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BUFO MARINUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLES; NOSE; RESPIRATION; TONGUE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030294880     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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