The role of the zygomatic arch in the statics of the skull and its adaptive shape

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 202-218

  Witzel, U ^a,b   Preuschoft, H ^b   Sick, H ^c  

^a Forschungsbereich Biomechanik   (France)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Bite forces; Craniofacial structure; Finite element stress analysis (FESA); Functional shape; Stress flow; Zygomatic arch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MASTICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; ZYGOMA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ZYGOMA;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; REPTILIA; SAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444231667     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078935     Document Type: Article

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