Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity: A case study in the use of quantitative microCT to assess vertebral structure in birds

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-147

  Fajardo, R J ^a   Hernandez, E ^a,b   O'connor, P M ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Comparative morphology; Micro computed tomography; Pneumaticity; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCKS AND GEESE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DIVING; DUCKS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

AIX SPONSA; ANATIDAE; AVES; OXYURA JAMAICENSIS;

EID: 34447129824     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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