Vertebrae in compression: Mechanical behavior of arches and centra in the gray smooth-hound shark (Mustelus californicus)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-375

  Porter, Marianne E ^a   Long Jr , John H ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial skeleton; Elasmobranch; Material properties; Mineralized cartilage

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; SPINE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SHARKS; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

CHONDRICHTHYES; MUSTELUS CALIFORNICUS; MUSTELUS CANIS CANIS; MUSTELUS MUSTELUS;

EID: 76449108210     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10803     Document Type: Article

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