Gimbals in the insect leg

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-30

  Frantsevich, Leonid ^a   Wang, Weiying ^b  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cursorial legs; Insect walking; Leg dynamics; Leg kinematics; Preflex; Raptorial legs; Universal joint

Indexed keywords

AMMOPHILA CAMPESTRIS; ARTICLE; AUTOTOMY; CARABUS CORIACEUS; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; GONIOMETRY; HIP; INSECT; KINEMATICS; LEG; NONHUMAN; RAPTOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DISSECTION; EXTREMITIES; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CARABUS CORIACEUS; HEXAPODA; LOBATA; MANTISPA; RANATRA LINEARIS; VESPA CRABRO;

EID: 55249092435     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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