Functional anatomy of incisal biting in aplodontia rufa and sciuromorph rodents - Part 1: Masticatory muscles, skull shape and digging

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 510-522

  Druzinsky, Robert E ^a  

^a GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Masticatory apparatus; Protrogomorph; Rodent; Sciuromorph

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLODONTIA RUFA; ARTICLE; BITE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PORCUPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SCIURIDAE; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; WOODCHUCK; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; INCISOR; MASTICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; INCISOR; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; RODENTIA; SKULL;

APLODONTIA RUFA; APLODONTIIDAE; CAVIOMORPHA; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MARMOTA MONAX; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIUROGNATHI;

EID: 77952954546     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284931     Document Type: Article

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