Jaw muscle functional anatomy in northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster, a carnivorous murid

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 987-999

  Satoh, Kazuhiko ^a   Iwaku, Fumihiko ^a  

^a ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aponeurosis; Dietary habit; Gape; Lever advantage; Masseter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; JAW; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; JAW; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARTHROPODA; CRICETIDAE; MURIDAE; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746442573     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10443     Document Type: Article

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