Curvature, length, and cross-sectional geometry of the femur and humerus in anthropoid primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-57

  Yamanaka, Atsushi ^a   Gunji, Harumoto ^b   Ishida, Hidemi ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Monkey Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D data processing; Arboreality; Beam theory; Bending strength; Gibbons; Long bone; New World monkeys; Old World monkeys; Scaling; Terrestriality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; FEMUR; GEOMETRY; HUMERUS; LAND BIOME; LEG LENGTHENING; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMUR; HAPLORHINI; HUMERUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17244367574     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10439     Document Type: Article

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