Mechanical behavior and quantitative morphology of the equine laminar junction

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 366-379

  Thomason, Jeffrey J ^a   McClinchey, Heather L ^a   Faramarzi, Babak ^a   Jofriet, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Displacement; Finite element analysis; Hoof; Horse; Laminar junction; Quantitative morphology; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DISTAL PHALANX; EPIDERMIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY EPIDERMAL LAMINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LAMIINAE;

EID: 16444369502     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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