Comparative anatomy and muscle architecture of selected hind limb muscles in the Quarter Horse and Arab

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-152

  Crook, Tracy C ^a   Cruickshank, S E ^a   Mcgowan, C M ^b   Stubbs, N ^b   Wakeling, J M ^a   Wilson, A M ^a   Payne, R C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arab; Architecture; Biomechanics; Equine; Locomotion; Muscle; Quarter Horse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BREED DIFFERENCE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HORSE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HORSES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

ELAGATIS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 38849123467     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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