Functional morphology of the locomotor system in the northern smooth-tailed tree shrew (Dendrogale murina)

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-402

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Rerkamuaychoke, Worawut ^b   Kimura, Junpei ^c   Sasaki, Motoki ^d   Kurohmaru, Masamichi ^d   Yamada, Junzo ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dendrogale murina; Locomotion; Muscular system; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ARTICLE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HINDLIMB; HIP; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SCAPULA; SHOULDER;

DENDROGALE MURINA; MURINA; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIA GLIS;

EID: 0032808098     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(99)80137-X     Document Type: Article

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