Assessing mechanical function of the zygomatic region in macaques: Validation and sensitivity testing of finite element models

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-53

  Kupczik, Kornelius ^a,e   Dobson, C A ^b   Fagan, M J ^b   Crompton, R H ^c   Oxnard, C E ^a,d   O'higgins, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cranial sutures; Elastic properties; Experimentals train analysis; Finite element analysis; Primates; Sensitivity; Skull; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MACACA; MALE; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SKELETON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TEMPORAL BONE; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING; ZYGOMA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MACACA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGOMA;

CRANIA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33845965343     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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