Middle phalanx skeletal morphology in the hand: Can it predict flexor tendon size and attachments?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-151

  Marzke, Mary W ^a   Shrewsbury, Marvin M ^b   Horner, Kristin E ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon attachments; Fossil hominins; Primate hand

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATELES; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; COLOBINAE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS TENDON; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GIBBON; GOLDEN LION TAMARIR; GORILLA; HAND MOVEMENT; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEONTOPITHECUS; MALE; MANDRILLUS; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIDER MONKEY; SQUIRREL MONKEY; TENDON;

ANIMALS; FINGER PHALANGES; FINGERS; HUMANS; PRIMATES; TENDONS;

EID: 34548738236     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20646     Document Type: Article

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