Articular size and curvature as determinants of carpal joint mobility and stability in strepsirhine primates

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-127

  Hamrick, Mark W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CARPUS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PRIMATES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030297530     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199611)230:2<113::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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