A soft origin for a forceful bite: Motor patterns of the feeding musculature in Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 259-268

  Clark, Andrew J ^a   Maravilla, Erick J ^b   Summers, Adam P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental plates; Feeding muscles; Hagfish feeding apparatus; Muscular hydrostat; Myxiniformes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAGFISH; HISTOLOGY; MASTICATION; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAGFISHES; MUSCLES;

HAGFISH; MYXINE GLUTINOSA; MYXINIDAE; MYXINIFORMES;

EID: 78149357316     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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