Abdominal muscle function in ventilation and locomotion in new world opossums and basal eutherians: Breathing and running with and without epipubic bones

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1014-1028

  Reilly, Stephen M ^a   McElroy, Eric J ^b   White, Thomas D ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathing; Eutherian; Hypaxial; Locomotion; Mammal evolution; Mammals; Marsupial

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; LUNG VENTILATION; OPOSSUM; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; RUNNING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPOSSUMS; PELVIC BONES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATION; REST; RUNNING;

DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 68649116026     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10735     Document Type: Article

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