Functional anatomy of incisal biting in aplodontia rufa and sciuromorph rodents - Part 2: Sciuromorphy is efficacious for production of force at the incisors

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-63

  Druzinsky, Robert E ^a  

^a GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Masticatory apparatus; Protrogomorph; Rodent; Sciuromorph

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLODONTIA RUFA; ARTICLE; BITE; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; INCISOR; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTROGOMORPH; RODENT; SCIURIDAE; SCIUROMORPH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; JAW; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; INCISOR; JAW; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; RODENTIA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

APLODONTIA RUFA; APLODONTIIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIUROGNATHI;

EID: 77953810699     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284930     Document Type: Article

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