Three-dimensional CT image analysis of the digging system in the aardvark

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-372

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Watanabe, Kazunori ^b   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^b   Matsuzaki, Mika ^c   Sakai, Takeo ^c   Itoh, Takuya ^c   Koie, Hiroshi ^d   Kimura, Junpei ^e   Stafford, Brian J ^f,g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Dept Prev Vet Med/Animal Health ^*  (Japan)

^d Lab Comprehensive Vet Clin Stud   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aardvark; CT; Digging; Metacarpal; Metatarsal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE; CARPAL BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOREFOOT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAMMAL; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTEROPUS AFER;

EID: 0041562534     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(03)80063-8     Document Type: Article

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