A biomechanical study of the long bones in platyrrhines

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 201-216

  Llorens, Laura ^a   Casinos, Adrià ^a   Berge, Christine ^b   Majoral, Muntsa ^a   Jouffroy, Françoise Kyou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomechanics; Curvature; Locomotion; Long bones; Platyrrhines; Strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIUS; REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HUMERUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RADIUS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

EID: 0035176812     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049940     Document Type: Review

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