Comparative morphology of the muscles of mastication in the giant panda and the Asiatic black bear

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-292

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Taru, Hajime ^b   Yamamoto, Masako ^c   Arishima, Kazuyoshi ^c   Sasaki, Motoki ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Asiatic black bear; Giant panda; Mastication muscles; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TENDON; ZYGOMA;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; MELANOLEUCA; PANDA; URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 0038202060     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(03)80043-2     Document Type: Article

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