The dorsal fin engine of the seahorse (Hippocampus sp.)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 80-97

  Consi, T R ^a   Seifert, P A ^a   Triantafyllou, M S ^b   Edelman, E R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal fin; Elastic cartilage; Fin ray joint; Fin ray muscles; Hippocampus; Seahorse; Undulating fin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; EXTREMITIES; FISHES; JOINTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLES; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS BARBOURI; HIPPOCAMPUS ERECTUS; HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA; HIPPOCAMPUS SP.; HIPPOCAMPUS ZOSTERAE; ZOSTERA;

EID: 0035664210     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1022     Document Type: Article

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