A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of tongue flicking in Python molurus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 827-839

  De Groot, Jurriaan H ^a   Van Der Sluijs, Inke ^a   Snelderwaard, Peter Ch ^a   Van Leeuwen, Johan L ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 D kinematics; Curvature; Flicking; High speed fluoroscopy; Muscular hydrostal; Snake; Tongue; Tongue sheet; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BOIDAE; FLUOROSCOPY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; TONGUE;

ANIMALIA; BOIDAE; PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 1342288452     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00819     Document Type: Article

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