Comparison of isometric contractile properties of the tongue muscles in three species of frogs, Litoria caerulea, Dyscophus guinetti, and Bufo marinus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-124

  Peters, Susan E ^a   Nishikawa, Kiisa C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Contractile properties; Tongue muscles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROGS AND TOADS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOAD; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TONGUE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; DYSCOPHUS; LITORIA CAERULEA;

EID: 0033230409     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199911)242:2<107::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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