Electromyography of the buccal musculature of octopus (Octopus bimaculoides): A test of the function of the muscle articulation in support and movement

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-128

  Uyeno, Theodore A ^a   Kier, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cephalopoda; Electromyography; Muscle articulation; Octopus bimaculoides

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; OCTOPODIFORMES;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS BIMACULOIDES;

EID: 33846499101     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02600     Document Type: Article

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