Pelvic and thigh musculature in frogs (Anura) and origin of anuran jumping locomotion

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-139

  Přikryl, Tomáš ^a,e   Aerts, Peter ^b   Havelková, Pavla ^c   Herrel, Anthony ^b,d   Roček, Zbyněk ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anura; Anuran jumping; Caudata; Comparative myology; Evolution; Functional anatomy; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; EVOLUTION; FROG; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; ILIAC BONE; JUMPING; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PELVIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPOMORPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; PHYLOGENY; THIGH;

ANURA; CAUDATA;

EID: 58149354660     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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