Relationship between scapular position and structural strength of rib cage in quadruped animals

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1084-1094

  Fujiwara, Shin Ichi ^a   Kuwazuru, Osamu ^b   Inuzuka, Norihisa ^c   Yoshikawa, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body support; Reconstruction; Rib; Scapular position

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIB; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RIBS; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 69449085742     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10744     Document Type: Article

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