Jaw and hyolingual muscle activity patterns and bite forces in the herbivorous lizard Uromastyx acanthinurus

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 772-782

  Herrel, Anthony ^a,b   De Vree, Frits ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bite force; Electromyography; Feeding; Lizard; Model; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWALLOWING; TIME; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LIZARDS; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECK MUSCLES; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE;

AGAMIDAE; SQUAMATA; UROMASTYX; UROMASTYX ACANTHINURA;

EID: 67349097343     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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