Functional implications of supercontracting muscle in the chameleon tongue retractors

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3621-3627

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   Meyers, Jay J ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a   Nishikawa, Kiisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chamaeleo oustaleti; Chameleonidae; Force; Prey capture; Super contracting striated muscle; Tongue retractor; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TONGUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; TONGUE;

ANIMALIA; CHAMAELEO; CHAMAELEONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035746021     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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