Muscle architecture of the common chimpanzee (pan troglodytes): Perspectives for investigating chimpanzee behavior

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-229

  Carlson, Kristian J ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bilateral asymmetry; Fiber length; Functional anatomy; Muscle mass; Physiological cross sectional area

Indexed keywords

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARM; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LEG; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CADAVER; FEMALE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33747335445     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0166-4     Document Type: Article

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