Functional specialisation of the thoracic limb of the hare (Lepus europeus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-505

  Williams, Sarah B ^a   Wilson, A M ^a,b   Payne, R C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Biomechanics; Hare; Locomotion; Moment arms; Muscle; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELBOW; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HARE; HORSE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNNING; STANDING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON; THORAX; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; GAIT; HARES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EQUIDAE; LEPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34147158359     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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