Material properties of mandibular cortical bone in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

Bone

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 860-867

  Zapata, Uriel ^a,b   Metzger, Keith ^c   Wang, Qian ^d   Elsey, Ruth M ^e   Ross, Callum F ^f   Dechow, Paul C ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone strain; Elastic properties; Jaw mechanics; Reptile; Ultrasound technique

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CORTICAL BONE; ELASTIC TISSUE; MALE; MAMMAL; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE; YOUNG MODULUS; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROCODILIAN; ELASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TONGUE;

AGE FACTORS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; ELASTICITY; MALE; MANDIBLE; TONGUE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77649190689     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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