Neuromuscular anatomy and evolution of the cetacean forelimb

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1121-1137

  Cooper, Lisa Noelle ^a   Dawson, Susan D ^b   Reidenberg, Joy S ^c   Berta, Annalisa ^d  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Flipper; Forelimb; Function; Myology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CETACEA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM WHALE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WHALE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMPBACK WHALE; INNERVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ARTIODACTYLA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; KOGIIDAE; MONODONTIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; PHYSETERIDAE; VERTEBRATA; ZIPHIIDAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CETACEA; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HUMPBACK WHALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROANATOMY; SPERM WHALE;

EID: 34748896639     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20571     Document Type: Article

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