Shouldering the burdens of locomotion and posture: glenohumeral joint structure in prosimians

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 680-691

  Wright Fitzgerald, Adrian S ^a,b   Balceniuk, Mark D ^b   Burrows, Anne M ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheirogaleus; Eulemur; Galago; Rotator cuff; Shoulder joint; Tarsier; Tarsius

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EULEMUR MACACO; GALAGO MOHOLI; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE; TARSIER; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; GALAGO; LEMURIDAE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPSIRHINI; TARSIIDAE;

CHEIROGALEUS; CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; EULEMUR; EULEMUR MACACO; GALAGO; GALAGO MOHOLI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; TARSIUS; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 77950873467     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21127     Document Type: Article

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