Twisting and bending: The functional role of salamander lateral hypaxial musculature during locomotion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1979-1989

  Bennett, Wallace O ^a   Simons, Rachel S ^a   Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Biomechanics; Functional morphology; Hypaxial muscle; Locomotion; Salamander; Urodela

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING; WALKING;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWIMMING; WALKING;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; DICAMPTODON; DICAMPTODON ENSATUS; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0035745795     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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