Functional morphology of feeding and gill irrigation in the anuran tadpole: Electromyography and muscle function in larval Rana catesbeiana

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 202-214

  Larson, Peter M ^a   Reilly, Stephen M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Electromyography; Feeding; Muscle; Rana catesbeiana; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FROG; GILL; HISTOLOGY; JAW; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GILLS; JAW; LARVA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA CATESBEIANA;

ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0037306896     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10054     Document Type: Article

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