Scapular position in primates

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-35

  Chan, Lap Ki ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Matthew's University   (Cayman Islands)

Author keywords

Brachiation; Climbing; Hominoid evolution; Scapula; Shoulder girdle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THORAX;

ALOUATTA; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33845758008     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095683     Document Type: Article

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