A reevaluation of the unusual abdominal musculature of squamate reptiles (Reptilia: Squamata)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1154-1161

  Bhullar, Bhart Anjan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abaxial; Fascia; Lizard; Myology; Rectus abdominis lateralis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IGUANA; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; LIZARDS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SNAKES;

AUTARCHOGLOSSA; GEKKOTA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349096831     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20955     Document Type: Article

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