Balancing function of the masticatory muscles during incisal biting in two murid rodents, Apodemus speciosus and Clethrionomys rufocanus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-56

  Satoh, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; HISTOLOGY; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MURIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MURIDAE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032054443     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199804)236:1<49::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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