Functional morphology of the first cervical vertebra in humans and nonhuman primates

Anatomical Record - Part B New Anatomist

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 184-194

  Manfreda, Evelyn ^a   Mitteroecker, Philipp ^b   Bookstein, Fred L ^b,c   Schaefer, Katrin ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Department of Anthropology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Allometry; Anatomy; Atlas; Locomotion; Primate evolution; Procrustes; Vertebral morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRA;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATELINAE; ATLAS; CATARRHINI; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748948905     PISSN: 15524906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.20113     Document Type: Article

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