A model of temporomandibular joint function in anthropoid primates based on condylar movements during mastication

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-88

  Wall, Christine E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Kinematics; Mandible; Temporomandibular joint

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MAXILLA; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SKULL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; MASTICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRIMATES; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0032963677     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199905)109:1<67::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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