Three-dimensional CT examination of the mastication system in the giant anteater

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1005-1011

  Endo, Hideki ^a   Niizawa, Nobuharu ^b   Komiya, Teruyuki ^c   Kawada, Shinichiro ^d   Kimura, Junpei ^b   Itou, Takuya ^b   Koie, Hiroshi ^b   Sakai, Takeo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ueno Zoological Gardens   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Giant anteater; Pterygoid muscle; Temporal muscle; Three dimensional image analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDENTATA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH AND TEETH; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XENARTHRA;

MYRMECOPHAGA; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 36849031871     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1005     Document Type: Article

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