Prezygapophyseal articular facet shape in the catarrhine thoracolumbar vertebral column

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 600-612

  Russo, Gabrielle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D morphometrics; Functional morphology; Thoracolumbar vertebral column; Zygapophyses

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; BABOON; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; GORILLA; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PREZYGAPOPHYSEAL ARTICULAR FACET; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATARRHINI; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERTEBRA;

HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HYLOBATES; PAPIO; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CATARRHINI; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77954531059     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21283     Document Type: Article

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