Gradients of strain and strain rate in the hollow muscular organs of soft-bodied animals

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-485

  Thompson, Joseph T ^a   Taylor, Kari R ^a   Gentile, Christopher ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Jet locomotion; Mantle; Muscle; Strain; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; SKELETON;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LOLIGO; SEPIOTEUTHIS LESSONIANA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CEPHALOPOD; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DECAPODIFORMES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77957261982     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0978     Document Type: Article

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