Functional anatomy of the radial sesamoid bone in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 587-592

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Sasaki, Nobuo ^b   Yamagiwa, Daishiro ^b   Uetake, Yoshie ^b   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^b   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant panda; Radial sesamoid bone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND GRIP; JOINT CAVITY; LUNATE BONE; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAMOID BONE; TENDON;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; FORELIMB; JOINTS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SESAMOID BONES;

EID: 0030465872     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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