Functional anatomy of gliding membrane muscles in the sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-96

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Yokokawa, Kayoko ^b   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^b   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gliding membrane; Myology; Petaurus; Sugar glider

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FLYING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; SQUIRREL; TRUNK;

PETAURUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 0031896295     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(98)80149-0     Document Type: Article

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