Morphology and function of the feeding apparatus of Pelusios castaneus (Chelonia; Pleurodira)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-135

  Lemell, Patrick ^a   Beisser, Christian J ^a   Weisgram, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Hyoid movements; Scanning electron microscopy; Skull, tongue

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EATING; HISTOLOGY; HYOID BONE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKULL; TONGUE; TURTLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EATING; HYOID BONE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKULL; TONGUE; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; PELUSIOS CASTANEUS; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034021362     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200005)244:2<127::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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