Morphology and function of the forelimb in arboreal frogs: Specializations for grasping ability?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-307

  Manzano, Adriana S ^a   Abdala, Virginia ^b   Herrel, Anthony ^c  

^a Matteri y España ^*  (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arboreal frogs; Grasping; Muscle morphology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLUOROSCOPY; FORELIMB; FROG; HAND GRIP; HAND MUSCLE; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; POWER GRIP; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TORQUE; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLES; RANIDAE; VIDEO RECORDING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANURA; LITORIA CAERULEA; PHYLLOMEDUSA BICOLOR; PRIMATES;

EID: 50849090585     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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