Feedback control from the jaw joints during biting: An investigation of the reptile Sphenodon using multibody modelling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3132-3137

  Curtis, N ^a   Jones, M E H ^b   Evans, S E ^b   O'Higgins, P ^c   Fagan, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bite force; Feedback; Jaw joint; Mechanoreceptors; Muscle activation; Periodontal ligament; Skull

Indexed keywords

BITE FORCE; JAW JOINT; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; SKULL;

FOOD PROCESSING; LIGAMENTS; MAMMALS; MASTICATION;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; JAW MUSCLE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MASTICATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NECK MUSCLE; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SPHENODON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JAW; LIZARDS; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 78549253108     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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